Doctors remain “cautiously optimistic” about the condition of Maria Teresa and Maria de Jesus Quiej Alvarez, who remain in critical but stable condition with vital signs in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at UCLA’s Mattel Children’s Hospital in Westwood. Read more...

Medicine has come a long way since the 1940s. Back then, even a simple infected cut could be life-threatening. Then the discovery of penicillin and a number of other antibiotics changed this. Read more...

The scientific community at UCLA is a large part of the university. The work done by these researchers, ranging from world-renowned professors to graduate students and even undergrads, is often some of the most innovative and groundbreaking research being done in the world. Read more...