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The trend was seen across all the racial and ethnic groups studied and could provide insight into improving vaccination rates for COVID-19 and other illnesses.

A professor at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, he also was associate director of the Center for Health Policy Research for 25 years.

UCLA sociologist Patrick Heuveline reports on the dramatic impact in the U.S. and other nations.

Research brief: A UCLA team has demonstrated that altering a key molecule used in the therapy yields superior and longer-lasting results in mouse models.

The project is the first to use the Nobel prize–winning technology to directly correct sickle mutation in blood stem cells.

Dr. Elizabeth Barnert’s research into El Salvador’s “disappeared” children points to a role for genetics in reunification.

UCLA Professor David Shorter’s Archive of Healing is one of the largest databases of medicinal folklore from around the world.

Yang’s research reveals how genetic and environmental factors can disrupt gene networks.

Only 1 in 10 people diagnosed with this aggressive disease live beyond five years, and most current therapies have been unsuccessful in treating it.

Third vaccine OK’d for emergency use is safe, highly effective.

Professors Robert Damoiseaux and Vaithilingaraja Arumugaswami led a collaboration among scientists from the U.S. and Germany.

The study, conducted in mice, opens a path for exploring treatments that combine epigenetic approaches with therapies that use the body’s natural immune response.

Study finds bilingual infants become interested in speech at the same age as those learning only one language.

The discussion also included how campus would expand in-person operations as vaccinations increase and infections decline.

A UCLA study suggests that a lack of access to proper outpatient care among Black patients exacerbated existing racial health disparities.

The advance could be a step toward the development of treatments for muscle loss or damage due to injury, age or disease.

Leading the research for UCLA are Istvan Mody, Varghese John and S. Thomas Carmichael.

Students say they are feeling burned out by video chat platforms and work that requires looking at a screen.

Rare reunion brightens health care workers’ spirits after year of pandemic darkness.

Zhan, who is an expert on health equity for the vulnerable, will start Aug. 1. She succeeds Linda Sarna.

The NIH-funded project aims to prevent infection among high-risk transgender women who face barriers to in-person interventions.

TranslateCovid.org delivers accurate information to communities often facing increased vulnerabilities because of a lack of access to official public health news in a language other than English.

Black men face near-daily discrimination despite financial and educational success. “It takes a toll on your physical and mental health,” researchers say.

The gift, from longtime donors Maxine and Eugene Rosenfeld, supports care for older adults.

Dr. Arash Naeim, an oncologist and bioengineer, has been selected to hold the new endowed chair.