This post was updated March 29 at 6:01 p.m. UCLA Health has received approval to acquire the 260-bed West Hills Hospital and Medical Center. The proposed expansion was approved by the UC Board of Regents and will help UCLA Health mitigate issues with capacity constraints, said a UCLA Health spokesperson in an emailed statement. Read more...

Photo: A UCLA Health building is pictured. UCLA Health is set to acquire the West Hills Hospital and Medical Center following approval of the proposal from the UC Board of Regents. (Daily Bruin file photo)

Medical, dental and nursing students joined a collaborative blood drive Friday to collect donations for patients at UCLA Health hospitals. The drive, which took place at Geffen Hall, was hosted by the Blood Donation Initiative at the David Geffen School of Medicine in partnership with groups including the UCLA Mobile Clinic Project and NMDP – formerly known as the National Marrow Donor Program and Be The Match. Read more...

Photo: Members of the Blood Donation Initiative at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine are pictured. The initiative hosted a blood drive Friday to encourage other medical and dental students to donate blood. (Eva Danesh/Daily Bruin)

This post was updated Jan. 16 at 1:25 a.m. UCLA Health’s Rosenfeld Hall is using novel technology – from virtual reality devices to human-like animatronics – to improve teaching for medical students. Read more...

Photo: Rosenfeld Hall is pictured. The building, which opened in October, is home to the the UCLA Simulation Center and the UCLA Health Center for Advanced Surgical and Interventional Technology. (Anna Dai-Liu/Daily Bruin senior staff)