Thursday, June 19

Vaccines or ivermectin?: Students navigate disinformation dialogues in Fiat Lux 19

“Climate change is a hoax.” “The earth is flat.” “Vaccines have microchips in them.” These beliefs persist despite having been widely rejected by scientists. During the COVID-19 pandemic, some conservative politicians promoted the use of the drug ivermectin, which is used to kill parasites, as a cure for the virus – even though the United States Food and Drug Administration did not authorize its use and the National Institutes of Health explicitly advised against it. Read more...

Photo: (Yliah Stuart-Serrano/Daily Bruin)



Chemical Engineering 19 teaches science communication via Wikipedia contribution

This post was updated May 28 at 5:22 p.m. The next time a person searches the internet to research native plants or local dialects, they may encounter Wikipedia articles edited by UCLA students. Read more...

Photo: A person opens a Wikipedia article about DNA on a laptop screen. A Fiat Lux seminar being offered this quarter is teaching students how to edit and create articles on Wikipedia. (Michael Gallagher/Daily Bruin)


Ted Lieu announces $1 million to fund UCLA Quantum Information Science Hub

Rep. Ted Lieu announced the allocation of nearly $1 million to create a Quantum Information Science Hub at UCLA after President Joe Biden signed the funding into law in March. Read more...

Photo: The Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science is pictured. Rep. Ted Lieu recently acquired nearly $1 million to create a Quantum Information Science Hub at UCLA. (Zimo Li/Daily Bruin)


Race, ethnicity influences disparity in children’s mental health care, study finds

This post was updated May 27 at 9:14 p.m. UCLA researchers found that children from racial and ethnic minority backgrounds, especially those without access to primary care, are disproportionately less likely to receive mental health care. Read more...

Photo: The David Geffen School of Medicine is pictured. Researchers affiliated with the School of Medicine conducted research related to disparities in children’s mental health care. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Sibling support helps LGBTQ+ Latino men take HIV prevention measures, study finds

This post was updated May 21 at 10:29 p.m. Researchers from UCLA and Northwestern University found that sibling support can act as an external motivator for Latino sexual minority men to take HIV prevention measures. Read more...

Photo: The Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior is pictured here. Researchers affiliated with the institute conducted a study on how Latino sexual minority men could be supported by their siblings to take HIV prevention medications.


UCLA and Carnegie Mellon researchers show efficacy of COVID-19 vaccine reminders

This post was updated May 19 at 11:22 p.m. Researchers from UCLA and Carnegie Mellon University found that simple reminders were most effective in encouraging people to get their COVID-19 booster shots. Read more...

Photo: Three syringes lie on a table next to a vial. A study led by researchers at UCLA and Carnegie Mellon University examined the efficacy of various behavioral interventions on COVID-19 booster vaccine rates. (Daily Bruin file photo)



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