Misuse of prescription and illicit drugs is so prevalent in Tijuana and East Los Angeles that community clinics in those areas should routinely, though discreetly, screen for it.
Amidst uncertain changes to federal health care policy, Gerald Kominski explores the future for California’s successful health care exchange and Medi-Cal programs.
Joan Asarnow is working on a pair of projects aimed at combating rising suicide rates among young people and changing prevention and care throughout the U.S.
Three new books by UCLA School of Law faculty shine a light on non-traditional forms of practice in order to create greater access to legal services and to help lawyers master alternatives to litigation.
Associate director and principal investigator for the Center for Health Policy Research, Ponce will advise the center on issues related to health care and health surveys.
The Department of Italian at UCLA and the Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles will host Burri Prometheia, a symposium to examine the heritage and history surrounding “Grande Nero Cretto” (Large Black Crack).
UCLA professor of education Carlos Alberto Torres recently received a Doutoramento Honoris Causa from the Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias.
Join the Fowler Museum for an engaging afternoon as Lyssa Stapleton and Holly Jerger lead tours of exhibitions to examine contemporary work in the fiber arts at the Fowler Museum and at the Craft and Folk Art Museum.
“As a university we have a deep commitment to research innovative solutions for tomorrow, to serve the greater public good and to educate the leaders of future generations,” said Chancellor Gene Block.
There are ways to both enjoy the holidays and keep healthy at the same time, says Erin Morse, chief clinical dietitian at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.
This month, in a historic agreement crafted in part by the U.S. ambassador to Argentina and UCLA leaders, 94 educators from Argentina participated in a two-week Fulbright program at UCLA.
Tyrone Howard's Black Male Institute at UCLA focuses on finding ways to propel black male youth to college and prepare them for success in academia and professional life.
John Russell Cauble, 83, a professor emeritus in the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television who headed the multimillion-dollar renovation of Royce Hall auditorium in 1998 four years after the Northridge earthquake, died Wednesday, Dec. 7.
The applicants represent the most economically, ethnically and geographically diverse group ever to apply. Pool includes a record number of applications from California high school seniors.
A recipient of three Academy Awards and eight Grammy Awards, Burt Bacharach performs at Royce Hall in a concert that was originally scheduled for Oct. 1.
More than 300 UCLA staff stayed fit for the coming holidays by participating in UCLA Recreation's "12 Staircases of December" event that had them climbing a different set of stairs in 12 campus buildings beginning on Dec. 1.
UCLA brain stimulation research using ultrasound to jump-start a man’s brain following a coma is the eighth best thing that happened in 2016 Wired reports in its ‘Best of 2016’ edition. The research may lead to new ways to treat patients in coma, Wired reports.