Monday, October 5

Removal of states’ mask mandates exposes students to anxieties, public scrutiny

This post was updated April 11 at 10:04 p.m. Rhea Dhakal has received stares and glares when wearing a mask in her home state Texas. In early March, Texas lifted its eight-month-old mask mandate and reopened businesses at 100% capacity, making it the largest state to have no mask requirements. Read more...

Photo: Despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, some states in the United States lifted their mask mandates. (Photo illustration by Christine Kao/Daily Bruin staff)





UCLA study finds homelessness increases mortality rate of COVID-19

This post was updated April 5 at 6:39 p.m. People experiencing homelessness are at an increased risk of dying because of COVID-19, UCLA researchers found. In the United States, people experiencing homelessness are 30% more likely to die from COVID-19 than the general population regardless of age, according to a March UCLA-led preliminary report. Read more...

Photo: UCLA researchers found that people experiencing homelessness were significantly more likely to die of COVID-19-related causes in the United States. (Noah Danesh/Daily Bruin)



Students gather in Westwood following men’s basketball’s loss in Final Four game

This post was updated April 4 at 4:02 p.m. Following UCLA men’s basketball’s last-second loss in the NCAA tournament, hundreds of UCLA students rushed to the streets to express discontent with the loss and celebrate UCLA’s season. Read more...

Photo: After No. 11 seed UCLA men’s basketball’s last-second defeat by No. 1 Gonzaga, students gathered in Westwood to celebrate the Bruins’ season. At least one person was detained. (Lauren Man/Assistant Photo editor)