Saturday, August 15

In the news:

On ‘equitable care’: LGBTQIA+ SoCal Health Conference targets access, education

Healthcare providers emphasized the importance of supporting LGBTQ+ patients amid federal rollbacks on the community’s access to care at an April 19 UCLA conference. The 11th annual LGBTQIA+ SoCal Health Conference brought together UCLA physicians, medical students and community members to discuss gender-affirming care, mental health and policy issues in the LGBTQ+ community. Read more...

Photo: The organizers of the event are pictured. The 11th annual LGBTQIA+ SoCal Health Conference brought together UCLA physicians, medical students and community members to discuss gender-affirming care, mental health and policy issues in the LGBTQ+ community. (Courtesy of Ruchi Agashe and Anne d’Aquino)


Westwood sidewalk repairs will start this year, city says

Long-awaited sidewalk repairs are coming to Westwood this year, according to documents from the Los Angeles Bureau of Engineering. The city will repair sidewalks in areas in Westwood, including parts of Veteran Avenue, Levering Avenue, Landfair Avenue and Gayley Avenue, according to a pending request document from the bureau. Read more...

Photo: Cars are parked along a street in North Westwood. Parts of sidewalks in areas including Gayley Avenue and Veteran Avenue are set to be repaired in 2026 and 2027. (Karla Cardenas-Felipe/Daily Bruin staff)


Demonstrators protest UCLA event hosting DHS General Counsel James Percival

This post was updated April 23 at 10:52 a.m. More than 150 demonstrators protested an event with the United States Department of Homeland Security’s head lawyer at the UCLA School of Law on Tuesday. Read more...

Photo: Demonstrators hold posters as they listen to law student Maahum Shahab in Shapiro Courtyard. Shahab condemned the DHS and the death of Nurul Amin Shah Alam, a blind refugee from Myanmar who died of hypothermia and dehydration in upstate New York after U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents left him outside, during her speech. (Karla Cardenas-Felipe/Daily Bruin staff)



Is life in LA getting worse? New survey provides insights

Los Angeles residents’ quality of life has reached a historic low, UCLA researchers said at a Wednesday event. Zev Yaroslavsky, the director of the Luskin School of Public Affairs’ Los Angeles Initiative, announced the results of the 11th Los Angeles County Quality of Life Index at the school’s eighth-annual summit, which was held in the Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center. Read more...

Photo: Josh Haskell, a reporter for ABC7 Eyewitness News; Miguel Santana, the president and CEO of the California Community Foundation; and Zev Yaroslavsky, the director of the Los Angeles Initiative are pictured (left to right). Los Angeles residents’ quality of life has reached a historic low, UCLA researchers said at a Wednesday event. (Chenrui Zhang/Daily Bruin staff)


Teresa Woodruff raises awareness about oncofertility in speaker series lecture

This post was updated April 16 at 11:38 p.m. Scientist Teresa Woodruff has spent her career advancing a specialized field of medicine. Woodruff – the president emerita of Michigan State University and a National Medal of Science recipient – works in oncofertility, a field focused on preserving patients’ abilities to have biological children following life-saving treatments such as chemotherapy. Read more...

Photo: Woodruff spoke to raise awareness about reproductive health and oncofertility. (Jiah Jung/Daily Bruin)


Universities Allied for Essential Medicines advocates for affordable health care

While a vial of insulin takes as little as $2 to manufacture, it can cost consumers $250 in the United States. Universities Allied for Essential Medicines, an international advocacy organization that has chapters at universities including UCLA, raised awareness about medication unaffordability during its annual North American conference at the Neuroscience Research Building from April 3 to 5. Read more...

Photo: Justin Mendoza, the executive director of UAEM North America, is pictured giving a speech. UAEM, an international advocacy organization that has chapters at universities including UCLA, raised awareness about medication unaffordability during its annual North American conference at the Neuroscience Research Building from April 3 to 5. (Joice Ngo/Daily Bruin staff)



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