With 7.2 million Californians registered to “drop, cover, and hold on” under a desk or table at exactly 10:21 a.m. Thursday, the third annual Great California Shakeout drill will be by far the largest earthquake drill in the state’s history.
Category Archives: Science & Health
A woman’s angel in the UCLA Avon Cares for Life
Divorced and with no health insurance, Francesca Capasso felt hopeless.
Patients aim to fight cancer through UCLA Cancer Genetics Program
Kathleen Bloom was happy to turn 50.
Alumnus Richard Heck wins Nobel Prize in chemistry
For a Nobel Prize winner, Richard Heck seems to lead a relatively normal life.
The 79-year-old UCLA alumnus and professor emeritus at the University of Delaware is retired and currently lives in the Philippines with his wife.
Cancer metastasis linked to stress
For breast cancer patients, everyday anxiety and the stress of the disease are inevitable.
Mind-altering treatment for patients
After the discovery of a polyp in her colon in 2001, Pamela Sakuda underwent numerous biopsies and a surgery only to receive news she had stage four, metastatic colon cancer.
Student uses research to reach out
As an undergraduate at UCLA, Adi Jaffe became addicted to methamphetamine and alcohol.