This post was updated Aug. 6 at 3:25 p.m. The rate of new COVID-19 cases is increasing in Los Angeles County, largely because of the spread of the delta variant among unvaccinated populations. Read more...
Photo: LA County experienced a seven-fold increase in new daily COVID-19 cases in the month after California’s June 15 reopening, a trend driven by slowed vaccination progress and the delta variant. (Antonio Martinez/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Aug. 1 at 7:07 p.m. UCLA Health hospitals were ranked as the third best in the country by the U.S. News & World Report, up from being ranked fourth best nationally last year. Read more...
Photo: UCLA Health hospitals ranked first in Los Angeles and California and third nationally, according to the U.S. News & World Report’s 2021-2022 America’s Best Hospitals report. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated July 28 at 9:45 a.m. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti accepted his nomination to be the next ambassador to India. President Joe Biden nominated Garcetti to the office July 9. Read more...
Photo: Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has accepted his nomination to be the next U.S. ambassador to India. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Lawyers representing former UCLA OB-GYN James Heaps on sexual assault charges filed a court motion Thursday to dismiss Heaps’s indictment. Heaps is accused by hundreds of women of sexual misconduct and assault while working as a gynecologist at UCLA and was indicted in late May on 21 counts of felony sexual assault. Read more...
Photo: Former UCLA OB-GYN James Heaps’ lawyers filed a court motion Thursday to dismiss his indictment in late May. Heaps is accused by hundreds of women of sexual assault and misconduct, including 21 counts of felony sexual assault. (Antonio Martinez/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated July 18 at 6:29 p.m. LA County is requiring face masks indoors effective Saturday at 11:59 p.m. in response to rising COVID-19 case rates and increasingly widespread virus variants. Read more...
Photo: LA County is requiring face masks effective Saturday night in response to the rising COVID-19 cases, a month after California fully reopened. (Ashley Kenney/Photo editor)
The North Westwood Neighborhood Council is the official neighborhood council representing Westwood Village and UCLA to the Los Angeles City Council. Council meetings are held each month and open to the public via Zoom. Read more...
TV depictions of cancer lack representation of nonwhite actors playing both patients and health care providers, according to UCLA’s June 17 study. Shows analyzed in the study mainly dealt with treatment and coping rather than preventative strategies, said Grace Kim, the author of the study and research analyst at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, in an emailed statement. Read more...
Photo: Depictions of patients and health care providers on prime-time TV lack racial diversity, according to a recent UCLA study. Changing that might help address health disparities. (Sabrina Wu/Daily Bruin)
