News Releases

Health and Behavior
Counties with higher proportion of Black residents have more COVID-19 cases, deaths
08/13/2020
Research brief: The findings highlight the need for better policies and data collection to prevent racial disparities from getting worse.

Health and Behavior
New study documents increasing frequency, cost, and severity of gunshot wounds that require surgical intervention
08/12/2020

Health and Behavior
Weizhe Hong awarded 2 prestigious grants to research the neural basis of social behavior
08/12/2020

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Test accurately IDs people whose gonorrhea can be cured with simple oral antibiotic
08/07/2020
A UCLA-led team found that of 106 subjects who had a particular strain of the infection, all were cured with a single dose ciprofloxacin.

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Chemotherapy is used to treat less than 25% of people with localized sarcoma
08/06/2020
Research brief: UCLA researchers found that chemotherapy is often underutilized when treating adults with sarcoma, a rare type of cancer of the soft tissues or bone.

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UCLA launches major mental health study to discover insights about depression
08/04/2020
Researchers from the Depression Grand Challenge are collaborating with Apple to measure factors like sleep and activity to understand how they affect symptoms of the disorder.

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ACTG Announces Launch of Novel Clinical Trial Testing Multiple Therapeutics to Treat COVID-19
08/04/2020
Los Angeles, Calif. – The AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG), the world's largest and longest established HIV research network, today announced the initiation of the ACTIV-2 Outpatient Monoclonal Antibodies and Other Therapies Trial, which will be conducted by the ACTG. ACTIV-2 includes both phase 2 and phase 3 evaluations of multiple promising investigational agents for treating early COVID-19 in a single trial.

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UCLA Health earns highest designations for medical technology analytics
08/04/2020
UCLA Health has earned the highest medical technology designation available, Stage 7, from HIMSS (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society), in the area of analytics. When combined with two previously achieved HIMSS Stage 7 designations – Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model (EMRAM) and Outpatient Electronic Medical Record Adoption model (O-EMRAM) – UCLA Health is one of only five organizations worldwide to receive Stage 7 on those three maturity models.

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Got COVID-19 antibodies? Donate blood and find out
07/29/2020
Donors who test positive for antibodies will be eligible to donate plasma to a UCLA clinical trial aimed at helping hospitalized patients.

Health and Behavior
UCLA Health hospitals retain #1 ranking in L.A. and California, rise to #4 in nation
07/28/2020
For 31 consecutive years, UCLA has earned a spot on the U.S. News & World Report national honor roll for providing the highest quality care.