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The physician-scientist moved quickly to research how COVID-19 affects pregnant women and babies.

Creating the class, which was a collaboration between the UCLA School of Nursing and the disability studies program, was a labor of love for Professor Lauren Clark.

Researchers examined enrollment data from 1985 through 2019 for 53 medical schools.

A UCLA-led study suggests that boosting immunity could be a possible treatment.

A UCLA report prepared as part of the California 100 initiative helps point the way toward greater access and equity for state residents.

The study could eventually lead to more treatment options for leukemia, sickle cell disease and other conditions.

The increase is attributable to drugs becoming more dangerous, rather than to drug use becoming more common, according to a UCLA study.

A UCLA study estimates that there are 115 injuries per 1 million rides on e-scooters.

The study focused on levels of anti-Mullerian hormone, or AMH.

The Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center also received a perfect score and the designation of “LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader.”

Dr. Ming Guo wants to help “create a higher quality of life over a healthy life span.”

The UCLA-led study, which used fruit flies, could also provide clues to a range of other diseases.

The medical school’s class of 2022 gathered — in person! — to learn where they would continue their training.

“The vaccine that is effective against BA.1 should be equally effective against BA.2,” said UCLA’s Shangxin Yang.

A gift from the Alfred E. Mann Family Foundation will support research at the Broad Stem Cell Research Center and California NanoSystems Institute.

The new federal funding will support a research agenda aimed at reducing HIV transmission across Southern California, the nation and the world.

The oral medication, ERAS-801, targets a rogue gene found in about 60% of people with the aggressive form of brain cancer.

OD mortality rates increased during the first year of the COVID-19 crisis for all groups studied and were highest among Native Americans.

Difficulties in finding providers and getting timely care are particularly acute among bisexual women and transgender adults.

Dr. Yvonne Bryson, a pediatric infectious disease expert, led the multicenter study.

Decreasing blood flow to the inflamed area can help relieve pain and restore function.

UCLA’s Dr. Manish Butte will head a group investigating immune responses to the disease, which is caused by fungal spores in soil.

Dr. Timothy Fong, co-director of the UCLA Gambling Studies Program, shares insight into how something “fun” can become a devastating addiction for some people.

A gift from Dr. Bronwyn Bateman will establish a new center at the UCLA Stein Eye Institute.

De Antonio, a clinical psychiatry professor at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA, died Dec. 31, after an extended illness.