Tuesday, December 30

UCLA researchers examine effect of COVID-19 vaccine among health care workers

UCLA researchers are leading a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-funded study to investigate the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccinations among health care workers. The CDC allocated more than $11 million to four programs conducting studies evaluating the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines, including Preventing Emerging Infections Through Vaccine Effectiveness Testing, a study led by researchers from the David Geffen School of Medicine. Read more...

Photo: UCLA researchers are leading a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-funded study to evaluate the effectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccines in health care. (Noah Danesh/Daily Bruin)


UCLA to commission review of LAPD’s use of Jackie Robinson Stadium

UCLA is planning to commission an independent third-party review of the events that led to the LAPD using the UCLA-leased Jackie Robinson Stadium to detain protesters during the George Floyd protests in June, administrators announced Friday. Read more...

Photo: UCLA selected two co-chairs to lead reviews into campus safety policies and the 2020 Jackie Robinson Stadium incident. (Anika Chakrabarti/Daily Bruin staff)


UCLA researchers develop artificial intelligence to analyze cells without killing them

UCLA researchers developed an artificial intelligence model that allows them to analyze the appearance of a cell and determine its protein content without killing the cell. Read more...

Photo: UCLA researchers developed a model using artificial intelligence to analyze a cell and identify its protein content without harming the cell itself (Justin Jung/Daily Bruin senior staff).


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)


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)



LA County to move into orange tier, further ease restrictions on businesses

This post was updated March 30 at 8:32 p.m. Los Angeles County qualified for a less-restrictive tier of the state’s reopening plan Tuesday, and will allow more businesses to reopen and reduce restrictions on indoor capacity limits starting Monday, state officials announced. Read more...

Photo: Los Angeles County will be able to increase indoor dining capacity and reopen more businesses as the county advances to the less-restrictive orange tier of California’s reopening plan starting Wednesday. (David Rimer/Daily Bruin staff)



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