Health + Behavior

This first offering of UCLA’s STAND Together During COVID-19 website provides self-care strategies based on research-backed cognitive behavioral therapy principles.

In a study using mice with bone defects in their skulls, the treatment reduced the size of the defects by an average of 50%.

The first installment features a discussion with professors Ren Sun, Dr. Otto Yang, Daniel Kamei and Eran Halperin.

Buildings across campus were bathed in blue light as part of #LightItBlue, a campaign to honor the efforts of essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A team led by Andrea Bertozzi and Mason Porter will use mathematical modeling to provide insights to those developing strategies to mitigate the disease’s spread.

One group organized a crowdsourced fundraising effort; another has donated thousands of surgical masks.

In online interviews with a professor, UCLA Luskin social welfare alumni reveal some fear, some frustrations and a whole lot of dedication.

Research brief: The experiment represents one of a very few instances in which a drug reduced cognitive decline in animals after radiation treatment.

The findings, from a study by a UCLA-led team, could inform the development of precision antibiotics.

Even though Los Angeles has issued a safer at home order to prevent the spread of COVID-19, giving blood is permitted.

The center, which is part of UCLA School of Law, has compiled an online resource that tracks issues at the intersection of the pandemic and food law and policy.

The policy is a change from previous practice of testing only those exhibiting symptoms of the disease and referred by their primary care physicians.

UCLA’s Daniel Fessler explains why staying away from each other seems so tough, even when we know it will save lives.

The interplay between estrogen and a key gene holds clues in the search for new therapies, biologists say.

A Q&A with Dr. Eric Esrailian on the  Robert G. Kardashian Center for Esophageal Health and outreach efforts around COVID-19.

A new survey shows that despite deep concern, most Angelenos trust the response of local officials to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Research brief: A UCLA study also suggests that more work remains to be done to protect U.S. families from high medical costs.

The shields can be mass-produced using laser cutting and 3D injection molding, giving quick relief to health workers battling the pandemic.

The system aggregates input from the general public to help UCLA scientists find ways to fight transmission of the disease.

In lab tests, remdesivir appears to work against the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19.

Bioengineering professor Jacob Schmidt is working with Douglas Daniels, director of the Lux Labs at the UCLA Library, to manufacture face shields.

Till von Wachter, director of the California Policy Lab, says that even with the CARES Act prolonged large-scale unemployment may still be hard to reverse.

New study co-authored by a UCLA professor underscores the importance of public engagement and trust during health crises.

Researchers from UCLA and two other universities estimate that 7,200 people who don’t currently have housing could require critical care.

Scientists investigated how long the virus remained infectious on cardboard, metal and plastic.