Thursday, December 18

Paul Torrens Health Forum speakers discuss health care under Trump administration

This post was updated Feb.12 at 1:12 a.m. Speakers at the Paul Torrens Health Forum predicted that the Trump administration’s proposed health care budget cuts could threaten the coverage of millions of Californians and Americans alike. Read more...

Photo: Speakers at the Paul Torrens Health Forum made their predictions on how the Trump administration would impact health care and health insurance. (Andrew Diaz/Daily Bruin)


In Plain Sight: UCLA nurses overcome barriers beyond the bedside to advocate for, help patients

Beep, click, slam. Then-newly hired nurse Kemi Reeves sat alone in her car, processing her first day of work. That day, she saw nurses managing very sick patients – patients who at smaller hospitals would be in intensive care units but were placed into her intermediate care unit at UCLA, she said. Read more...

Photo: Amy Castillo is pictured. The clinical nurse manager has been at UCLA since 2001 and works in the 6 West unit of Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, which specializes in post-vascular, orthopedic and plastic surgical care. (Andrew Diaz/Daily Bruin)


UCLA Fielding School of Public Health faculty share thoughts on Chancellor Frenk

UCLA’s Fielding School of Public Health faculty shared their thoughts on Chancellor Julio Frenk’s public health impact. Before becoming UCLA’s seventh chancellor Jan. 2, Frenk was Mexico’s secretary of health and dean of the Harvard T.H. Read more...

Photo: Chancellor Julio Frenk is pictured here. Frenk has a deep history in public health, and many faculty from The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health reacted to his appointment earlier this year. (Zimo Li/Photo editor)


UCLA Olympic Analytical Lab SRAs protest against alleged wage theft, work policies

This post was updated Feb. 6 at 10:28 p.m. Staff research associates at the UCLA Olympic Analytical Lab protested Wednesday against alleged wage theft and unfair labor practices.  The SRAs were originally promised to receive raises in 2023 and have allegedly been denied over $500,000 collectively, according to signs from the protest and a document obtained by the Daily Bruin. Read more...

Photo: The staff research associates protest in front of the UCLA Olympic Analytical Lab director’s door, with many holding signs. The SRAs were originally promised to receive raises in 2023 and have allegedly been denied over $500,000 collectively. (Maggie Konecky/Daily Bruin)


UCLA students create website to keep community informed during LA wildfires

As multiple wildfires burned in Los Angeles County, Kyle Jeong came back to his dorm to find his roommate switching between computer tabs. As he left UCLA to return home, Jeong had an idea – a single website for the Bruin community to stay updated. Read more...

Photo: A computer displaying the Westwood Wildfire Watch site is pictured. Kyle Jeong, a third-year mathematics of computation student, spearheaded the development of the site. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Felicia Marie Knaul gives talk spotlighting global inequities in public health

This post was updated Feb. 6 at 4:54 p.m. Felicia Marie Knaul, a health economist and the wife of Chancellor Julio Frenk, shed light on stark global disparities in pain treatment to researchers and medical students Thursday. Read more...

Photo: Felicia Knaul presents about public health disparities at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. (Courtesy of Samuel Martinez Jaurequi)


Experts discuss fentanyl’s role in overdose deaths, share prevention plans

California had over 7,000 opioid-related overdose deaths in 2022. Nearly 87% of them were linked to fentanyl. Overdose deaths among young people have been rising for years, said Joseph Friedman, a resident physician and substance abuse researcher at UC San Diego. Read more...

Photo: An emergency entrance to a hospital is pictured. Overdose deaths among young people have been rising for years, specifically those related to fentanyl. (Daily Bruin file photo)



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