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Doctors and Nurses Share COVID-19 Experiences, Plea for Holiday Safety
12/18/2020
As COVID-19 cases soar across the country, doctors and nurses from five of Los Angeles County's largest nonprofit health systems are sharing their painful experiences with the escalating pandemic and issuing a sober plea for the public's help to practice safe behaviors during the holidays.

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New UCLA center to focus on health, safety and well-being of LGBTQ community
12/17/2020
The Center for LGBTQ Advocacy, Research & Health will conduct interdisciplinary research and collaborate with partners in Los Angeles and beyond.

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Hope, relief envelop UCLA Health as first COVID-19 vaccines are administered
12/16/2020
In a burst of jubilance at UCLA Health – an emotional release after months of pandemic trauma – frontline health care workers began receiving the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccinations on Wednesday

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2020 reflections: Bruins respond to the challenges of COVID-19
12/16/2020
UCLA faculty, leadership, staff and students displayed the resiliency, creativity and ingenuity that embody our values.

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UCLA Fielding School of Public Health introduces master of healthcare administration degree
12/16/2020
The two-year online program will be the first of its kind in the University of California system.

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Researcher receives Young Investigator Award to investigate new stromal biomarker for prostate cancer
12/16/2020
Dr. Jeremie Calais, assistant professor of nuclear medicine and theranostics in the department of molecular and medical pharmacology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, is one of 26 researchers to be named a 2020 Young Investigator by the Prostate Cancer Foundation.

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What goes well with tacos? Toothbrushes!
12/15/2020
Despite the pandemic, UCLA Dentistry students and faculty found a way to continue their mission of promoting oral health in the community.

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New combination therapy could help fight difficult-to-treat cancers with common mutations
12/14/2020
Scientists have long known that therapies that target the cancer-driving MAPK pathway are only effective in a handful of cancers with specific mutations in a cancer gene called BRAF, and these cancers that initially respond to the therapy often end up developing resistance to the treatment, resulting in relapse for many patients.

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Gene could help predict response to cervical cancer treatment
12/11/2020
Research brief: The new finding highlights the need for alternative therapies for patients who are resistant to chemotherapy and radiation.

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A surgeon's birthday may be a dicey day for older patients
12/10/2020
Those who underwent emergency surgeries on their surgeon's birthday were 23% more likely to die within a month, a UCLA-led study shows.