Health + Behavior

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The study calls for inclusion of unseen but real health risks in understanding the effects of disasters.

Following the team’s discovery, researchers have identified a strategy to possibly prevent treatment relapses.

The findings point to a growing public health concern for younger Americans.

New research by the UCLA Pritzker Center for Children and Families examined the impact on the disaster on the educational experiences of children and youths involved with the child welfare system. 

These insights into bugs behind lethal illnesses could help with antibiotic treatment and even problems in industry.

A UCLA-led research team has reconstructed how the shape and reach of the methane plumes from the 2015–16 Aliso Canyon gas blowout evolved over 112 days.

The findings mark the first time this regimen has demonstrated a survival benefit in the vast majority of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer.

The 2025 laureate missing the Nobel committee’s call because he was off the grid backpacking in the Rockies has already become the stuff of legend.

Center for Scholars & Storytellers at UCLA’s annual study finds adolescents prefer relatable on-screen content.

The same cell therapy could potentially be used to treat multiple solid tumors like ovarian, pancreatic and lung cancers.

Neurologist S. Thomas Carmichael, lung specialist Paul W. Noble and public health pioneer Ninez A. Ponce are UCLA's newest members.

Researchers say cell-free DNA can also distinguish between different neurological diseases.

Long-term follow-up shows 95% success rate, no serious complications in largest and longest ADA-SCID gene therapy study to date.

The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music event will run from Oct. 16–19 in the Schoenberg Music Building.

Multiple subspecialties ranked in the U.S. News & World Report assessment.

A genetic mechanism inserts mutations into key DNA hotspots that enable bacteria to adapt to new environments.

The survey received responses from more than 84,000 students from 135 colleges and universities.

The annual data release also highlights the health effects of wildfires, access to health care, hate incidents, among hundreds of other topics.

New California Health Interview Survey data help shed light on who experiences hate acts and what motivates them.

Inhalers have generated over 2 million metric tons of carbon emissions annually over the past decade.

UCLA's Louis Ignarro, one of the winners of the 1998 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, was highlighted by the Washington Post.

The Laurie and Steven C. Gordon Pavilion will add 103 hospital beds after the fourth floor of the center is renovated.

The neurons, most active when a decision outcome is unknown, appear to help with decision making and flexibility.

Ramsdell, who earned his doctorate in microbiology and immunology at UCLA in 1987, was one of three researchers honored for their work on the human immune system.