News Releases

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UCLA creates multilingual website for coronavirus information
05/28/2020
TranslateCovid.org is an effort by the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and Asian American Studies Center to help vulnerable communities.

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UCLA clinical trial tests anti-inflammatory drug to improve outcomes in patients with COVID-19 and heart damage
05/27/2020

A new UCLA clinical trial, COLHEART-19, is testing a currently available anti-inflammatory drug to treat heart damage associated with COVID-19.

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David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA names 2020 Switzer Prize recipient
05/26/2020
Amita Sehgal, a neuroscientist at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, won the award honoring excellence in basic science research.

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$5.75M grant to help researchers study role of obesity in development of pancreatic cancer
05/20/2020
The award from the National Cancer Institute will fund a series of collaborative research projects over five years at UCLA.

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UCLA scientists alter genes of innate immune cells with DNA-snipping tool
05/20/2020
The blood cells, part of the body's first line of defense against infection, have been notoriously difficult to genetically engineer.

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Scientists find evidence of link between diesel exhaust, risk of Parkinson's
05/19/2020
A study in zebrafish identified how air pollutants contribute to the buildup of toxic proteins associated with the disease.

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UCLA machine-learning model is helping CDC predict spread of COVID-19
05/18/2020
The program, called SuEIR, takes into account the number of cases categorized as susceptible, unreported, exposed, infectious and recovered.

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Study finds overwhelming support for smoke-free policies among L.A. tenants, landlords
05/18/2020
Half of apartment dwellers in the city say they have been exposed to unwanted secondhand smoke in their homes in the last year.

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UCLA Health re-scheduling procedures, maintaining COVID-19 preparedness
05/15/2020

UCLA Health is committed to the safety of patients and employees while maintaining high-quality care at our hospitals in Westwood and Santa Monica and community clinics across the region.

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UCLA launches clinical trial to help reduce severity of COVID-19 illness in men
05/15/2020
LOS ANGELES — UCLA researchers have launched a new clinical trial that uses a hormone suppresser commonly used to treat men with prostate cancer to help improve clinical outcomes for men infected with COVID-19.