public health

As professors were forced to change how they teach, the Fiat Lux seminars provided a platform to also change what they taught to help students understand the crisis.

The heads of academic units dedicated to social justice renew their commitment to ensuring their research, teaching and service are not complicit with the expansion of the police state.

Having witnessed the struggles of her own family and others, Melissa Rios learned early on how education, poverty and health are linked.

TranslateCovid.org is an effort by the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and Asian American Studies Center to help vulnerable communities.

UCLA psychology professor Vickie Mays is working with members of Congress to improve data collection around the pandemic.

The program, called SuEIR, takes into account the number of cases categorized as susceptible, unreported, exposed, infectious and recovered.

Half of apartment dwellers in the city say they have been exposed to unwanted secondhand smoke in their homes in the last year.

Thousands of individuals across the state will be trained in public health techniques and strategies, including contact tracing and case investigation.

The United States is one of 11 countries that do not mandate some form of paid leave at the national level.

The Hollywood power couple connected with public health professor Anne Rimoin after she appeared on an MSNBC program.

Achieving net-zero emissions in California by 2050 can prevent thousands of deaths annually, researchers say.

The pandemic has highlighted our existing health disparities. Good data can prevent them from widening, says UCLA’s Ninez Ponce.

UCLA’s Catherine Carpenter gives us the lowdown on food safety, hygiene and nutrition in the time of COVID-19.

The legal victory is part of the UCLA Criminal Defense Clinic's broad efforts to protect prisoners from infection.

In online interviews with a professor, UCLA Luskin social welfare alumni reveal some fear, some frustrations and a whole lot of dedication.

The center, which is part of UCLA School of Law, has compiled an online resource that tracks issues at the intersection of the pandemic and food law and policy.

A new survey shows that despite deep concern, most Angelenos trust the response of local officials to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Research brief: A UCLA study also suggests that more work remains to be done to protect U.S. families from high medical costs.

The report was sponsored by the Latino Policy and Politics Initiative and the Center for Neighborhood Knowledge at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.

Till von Wachter, director of the California Policy Lab, says that even with the CARES Act prolonged large-scale unemployment may still be hard to reverse.

New study co-authored by a UCLA professor underscores the importance of public engagement and trust during health crises.

Researchers from UCLA and two other universities estimate that 7,200 people who don’t currently have housing could require critical care.

Leaders made this decision to slow the spread of COVID-19 and in alignment with similar measures implemented by local and state governments.

This decision was made in accordance with the best guidance from public health officials about how to slow the spread of COVID-19.

Anne Rimoin and Gilbert Gee, both of the Fielding School of Public Health, addressed the commission, which advises and makes recommendations to the Los Angeles City Council.