The family of a patient who died from UCLA’s recent “superbug” outbreak filed a lawsuit Wednesday against a health care device manufacturer for wrongful death, alleged negligence and fraud. Antonia Cerda, who was a 48-year-old mother of four from Corcoran, died in November after she contracted a superbug infection from two endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, or […]
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Patient sues scope manufacturer amid UCLA superbug outbreak
An 18-year-old hospital patient at UCLA is suing a health care device maker over alleged negligence and fraud after its medical scopes were tied to UCLA’s superbug outbreak, according to the Los Angeles Times. High school student Aaron Young, who was exposed to the antibiotic-resistant bacteria CRE at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center during […]
Lawmaker calls for congressional investigation into superbug outbreak
Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Torrance) called Monday for Congress to investigate sterilization problems with a widely used medical scope linked to the superbug outbreak at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. In a letter to members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Lieu, who represents the congressional district that includes Westwood and UCLA, […]
David Feinberg to step down as UCLA Health System CEO, president
The president and CEO of the UCLA Health System, Dr. David Feinberg, will step down May 1, Chancellor Gene Block announced Monday. Feinberg is leaving to take a position as the president and CEO of the Geisinger Health System in Danville, Pa., the email said. Feinberg could not be reached for comment for this article. […]
UCLA lab develops Google Glass app for rapid diagnosis of plant health
Bingen Cortazar takes a leaf, slides it into a small plastic box and holds it in front of his face. He looks at it a moment, then presses a button on the side of the red eyeglass frame-turned-computer. With a quick photograph, the graduate student in electrical engineering determined the chlorophyll level and health of […]
UCLA researcher finds link between Huntington’s disease, altered protein
UCLA researchers may have identified a specific protein linked to the cause of Huntington’s disease, a genetic disorder that causes the breakdown of nerve cells and impairs a person’s movement and cognitive abilities. The exact mechanism that causes Huntington’s is still unknown, but researchers hope that targeting a protein called huntingtin and its functions could […]
Medical student seeks change in LGBT health care
When David Lyons went to his doctor to get a fertility test, the doctor asked him what his wife’s job was. Lyons politely corrected him – his husband worked in management consulting. Lyons said the doctor assumed he wasn’t interested in having kids. “Although these immediate assumptions may not be malicious, they’re offensive, disheartening and […]