The Los Angeles Times reported on what the science says about testosterone levels in new dads in response to social media movements pushing testosterone therapy for this demographic. Dr. Jesse Mills, director of the Men’s Clinic at UCLA Health, joins other experts in stressing that men should be paying attention to symptoms of low testosterone — such as depression and low libido — rather than trying to reach or maintain an ideal number. Read more about UCLA in today’s Washington Post, Variety and others.
More highlights from UCLA in the News: June 10, 2026
‘Cocomelon’ studio aims to debunk concerns about ‘addicting’ content | Variety
As such, Moonbug recently announced a partnership with UCLA’s Center for Scholars and Storytellers, a nonprofit research center focused on children’s entertainment. As exclusively reported by Variety, the center analyzed the company’s slate and practices alongside peer-reviewed research on early childhood learning before developing a set of four core learning principles to be applied across “Cocomelon,” “Blippi,” “Little Angel” and more. (UCLA’s Yalda Uhls was quoted.)
State’s slow vote count faces changes as court decision looms | Los Angeles Times
“That is a bogus interpretation of the statute,” said Rick Hasen, an election law expert and director of the Safeguarding Democracy Project at UCLA Law. “It violates what the statute says as a matter of text and history, and just how it’s been understood since the Civil War basically.”
Washington is dismantling the pathway to the next cancer breakthrough | The Hill
(Commentary by UCLA’s Dr. Robert Shpiner) We are celebrating that breakthrough at the precise moment Washington is taking apart the research base behind it. On May 29, the Office of Management and Budget proposed a rule to do it on paper, across every federal science agency.
My sister is autistic and nonverbal. Here are 3 ways we connect | Washington Post
“It’s a mess,” said Catherine Lord, the George Tarjan Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Education in the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, whose work focuses on autism and related disorders. Part of the confusion is that some people who can say a handful of words are still classified as nonverbal, though the term minimally verbal may be more appropriate, Lord said.
3 new Ebola vaccines are being fast-tracked amid the current outbreak | Live Science
However, according to Anne Rimoin, [professor in the UCLA Fielding School’s Department of Epidemiology and Gordon-Levin Endowed Chair in Infectious Diseases and Public Health], there’s much less field experience for this particular outbreak, as there have been only two recorded Bundibugyo outbreaks to date.
New FDA-approved ingredient enhances sunscreen protection | Scientific American
Expanding sunscreen ingredient options in the U.S. is “a pretty big deal,” says AJ Addae, a chemist and doctoral candidate at University of California, Los Angeles, who studies cosmetics and sunscreen formulations. “It’s definitely something that we haven’t had in a very long time.”
Trial begins for man accused of sparking Palisades fire | New York Times
Jonathan Zasloff, a professor at the UCLA School of Law, lived in Pacific Palisades until his house burned down in the fire last year. He is now a plaintiff in civil litigation over the Palisades fire. Zasloff said that regardless of what happens to Rinderknecht in the criminal case, the city of Los Angeles and other government agencies could still face civil liability for failures during both fires.
