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Setting sights on the AR-15: After Las Vegas shooting, lawyers target gun companies | New York Times
After legal victories against the tobacco industry demonstrated the power of such litigation in the 1990s, individuals and municipalities turned their attention to gun companies. At that point, the cases were flimsy, said Adam Winkler, a law professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, who has written about gun laws. But the gun industry saw litigation as a potential existential threat, made it the No. 1 priority to resolve, and worked with the National Rifle Association to convince Congress to alter federal law so that companies would have broad immunity under the Protection of Lawful Commerce Act.
Desalination will increase the cost of tap water in Orange County | La Opinión Opinion
Experts at UCLA’s Luskin Center for Innovation investigated how Poseidon’s project in Orange County could affect water accessibility in communities that already struggle to pay rent, gas, child care and other regular expenses…. The UCLA study evaluated the project in comparison to other sources of water in the region. It concluded that the only credible effect on low-income residents would be an increase in the price of water, as the cost of the plant would be transferred to the consumer in the form of higher rates. (Translated from Spanish)
The Zika virus is still a threat. Here’s what experts know | New York Times
“Zika has completely fallen off the radar, but the lack of media attention doesn’t mean it’s disappeared,” said Dr. Karin Nielsen, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at UCLA. who studies Zika’s impact in Brazil. “In some ways, the situation is a bit more dangerous because people aren’t aware of it.”
Increased HPV vaccinations may prevent 1,300 cases of cancer in California | United Press International
"An increase in California's HPV vaccination rate would reduce the number of preventable cancers and the financial burden that treatment for these cases would put on the health care system," the authors of the new study, among them researchers from the University of California Los Angeles, University of Texas and Cornell University, said in a press release.
The uplifting science of how dandelion seeds stay aloft | PBS’s “Nova”
For instance, plugging different numbers into the Swiss team’s equations could aid the design of better microdelivery systems, says Siobhan Braybrook, who studies plant form and function at the University of California, Los Angeles, but was not involved in either study. Someday, pappus-like structures could play a role in tasks like airdropping fertilizer or transporting teeny robots.
The 2018 flu vaccine was only 29% effective — but experts still recommend it | Healthline
“First of all, accept the fact that no vaccine is 100 percent effective,” Dr. David Cutler, health sciences assistant clinical professor at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and chairman of the Santa Monica Family Physicians medical group, told Healthline. “Secondly, there are many factors which can influence the likelihood of getting the flu. Individual behavior like hand-washing, the rate of vaccination in your community, and the people you are exposed to will all have profound effects on your likelihood of getting the flu in any year,” Cutler said.
Teachers across the country are striking for increased school funding | CNN
“We’ve seen isolated actions in different communities across the country at various times, but to have this many strikes in this many different parts of the country at once is truly unprecedented, and it is a sign that many teachers are very frustrated at the state of public education,” said UCLA’s Pedro Noguera.
Testing computer code led me to this powerful strategy for squashing stress | Medium
In fact, a study carried out by UCLA psychologists proved that putting your feelings into words does help you feel better. The amygdala is a part of your brain that’s responsible for you experiencing emotions like fear and worry. Using brain-wave imaging, the psychologists wanted to see if they’d see a reduction in amygdala activity in participants who labeled their feelings.