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).
This post was last updated April 13 at 9:38 p.m. Volunteers are playing an important role in the accelerated distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine in California. Read more...
Photo: Student volunteers have played an important role in the increased vaccination rates through their volunteering (Noah Danesh/Daily Bruin).
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)
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...
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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)
Shadman Habibi walked into a meeting with the obstetrics and gynecology department at the UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center expecting a long-awaited meeting on ways to improve the midwifery program’s performance. Read more...
Photo: UCLA Health fired midwives working at the UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center and reinstated them a week later. (Daily Bruin file photo)
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed everyone’s lives, especially for those working in health care. There have been both administrative and practical changes as a result of the pandemic to the health care industry, many of which are expected to remain even after the pandemic. Read more...
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