Monday, August 10

In the news:

UCLA Health officials hold press conference on superbug outbreak

UCLA officials have known since late January about the link between a “superbug” outbreak and two patient deaths at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, officials said at a press conference outside the hospital Thursday. Read more...

Photo: Dr. Zachary Rubin, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center’s medical director of clinical epidemiology and infection prevention, spoke at a press conference Thursday about the superbug. (Eu Ran Kwak/Daily Bruin)



FDA issues warning on medical scopes, possibly linked to superbug cases

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a safety warning Thursday that the design of a widely used medical scope may prevent it from being effectively sterilized and lead to the transmission of bacteria between patients. Read more...

Photo: More than 100 patients at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center may have been exposed to a “superbug” between October and January. (Daily Bruin file photo)





Students relocate amid construction on De Neve residential buildings

Fourth-year mathematics student James Newton examined his newly renovated room in De Neve Birch last week and then wrote up an in-depth list of pros and cons about the renovations, which he posted on Facebook. Read more...

Photo: Construction began Wednesday on the last phase of renovations to the De Neve residential buildings, requiring residents to switch buildings in the middle of the quarter. (Maryrose Kulick/Daily Bruin)