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Melioidosis claims an estimated 90,000 lives worldwide each year, but there is no vaccine, and the bacterium that causes it can usually resist even the strongest antibiotics.

Highlights from Reuters, CBS News, The Hollywood Reporter and others.

Research brief: A new report recommends 26 strategies, including rent control, anti-eviction protections, renter-education workshops and property-tax freezes.

Featured among the 200-plus events: Lari Pittman, Lucinda Childs, Wendy Whelan and Ain Gordon.

Having led led successful teams at Amazon, Yahoo and Activision Blizzard, she will be the first person to hold the newly created post.

Highlights from New York Times, BBC News, Earth.com and others.

The prominent cancer researcher is honored for his invention of the breast cancer drug Herceptin.

Michael Stenstrom, distinguished professor of civil and environmental engineering at UCLA, has been awarded the Fair Medal.

Dana Cuff, professor of architecture and urban design, has been recognized by Architectural Record magazine.

An expert in work-related health issues, Dr. Linda Rosenstock was honored by the Johns Hopkins University Alumni Association.

The award recognizes UCLA’s Ninez Ponce and the California-wide health survey she helped create.

James Rosenzweig, UCLA distinguished professor of physics, has been selected to receive one of 13 research awards for work on particle accelerator science.

UCLA’s Dan Froot’s goal is to to have everyone start thinking about income disparity and the systems that conspire to create food insecurity.

Arginase deficiency, which is caused by a missing or mutated version of the arginase gene, ARG1, affects about one of every 1 million babies in the U.S.

UCLA engineering professor Ximin He said the design could be adapted to use other forms of energy — acoustic waves, or electronic or magnetic signals, for example.

The study by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research also found that “connectedness” and volunteerism varied by race and income.

Highlights from Forbes en Español, CNN Business, New York Times and others.

At just 100 years old, UCLA is the youngest of any public or private institution in the ranking’s overall Top 33.

Highlights from Nature, National Geographic, Vice and others.

Kang, who was the first person to serve in this role for the university, will return to his faculty position July 1, 2020.

UCLA students partnered with private tech company on project that explored public health outcomes in L.A. and Long Beach port communities.

The weeklong course was part of UCLA’s Disability Inclusion Lab, an initiative designed to reframe cultural understanding and practices around the concept of disability.

Research shows that certain gut bacteria can respond to serotonin and drugs that influence serotonin, like anti-depressants. The biologists call this a unique form of communication between bacteria and cells.

In this Q&A, UCLA’s Jon Christensen discusses his new study of California’s Proposition 1, which was passed in 2014.

Research brief: Most prescriptions began appropriately but became unnecessary because they were prescribed far longer than needed, the study found.