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April 5, 4:26 pm

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)

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April 2, 4:27 pm

UCLA study finds body fat in women appears unrelated to heart disease

Researchers at UCLA found that women with higher percentages of body fat are less susceptible to adverse outcomes from heart disease. Researchers previously believed that only men and women with low body fat and high muscle mass are less vulnerable to death from heart disease, despite overall body muscle mass. Read more...

Photo: UCLA researchers found high body fat percentages are linked to protection from heart diseases in women. (Finn Chitwood/Daily Bruin)

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April 2, 1:56 pm

UCLA researchers develop identification process for marine organisms using eDNA

Novel ecological survey methods developed by UCLA researchers are making ecology more accessible to students. A research team at UCLA developed a process that helps identify organisms living in marine environments and released its findings in February. Read more...

Photo: UCLA researchers developed a process to more efficiently identify organisms living in marine environments and released their findings in February and are now bringing this research to students (Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor).

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March 25, 11:54 am

California to expand COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to all adults starting April 15

This post was updated March 25 at 5:10 p.m. All adults in California will be eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine by April 15, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Thursday. Read more...

Photo: California will expand COVID-19 vaccine availability to all adults by April 15, Gov. Gavin Newsom said at a press conference Thursday. People 50 years and older will be eligible by April 1, and people 16 years and older will be eligible by April 15. (Noah Danesh/Daily Bruin)

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March 12, 1:49 pm

Recovering from COVID-19 looks different for many students who had the disease

Some UCLA students said they experienced fatigue and struggled with a lack of motivation while isolating and recovering from COVID-19. Facing the symptoms and isolation of COVID-19 was a shocking experience for Terran Cole, a fourth-year biochemistry student who contracted the virus in January. Read more...

Photo: (Nathan Koketsu/Daily Bruin)

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March 10, 3:02 pm

Social media campaigns provide education about COVID-19 vaccines

Health care workers and public health advocates are using social media to encourage people to get the COVID-19 vaccine and combat misinformation about COVID-19. Anna Yap, a resident physician at UCLA, started an organization in December with a network of physicians after seeing people spreading COVID-19 misinformation online. Read more...

Photo: To tackle misinformation about the new COVID-19 vaccines, doctors and medical professionals are using social media and other platforms to spread accurate information. (Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)


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