An upcoming change in federal health care policy could cause hundreds of thousands of Californians to lose health insurance in the next five years, according to a recent study from UCLA researchers. The new federal policy, which will be enacted in January, will remove the individual mandate penalty portion of the Affordable Care Act. The […]
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Campus Queries: What is the impact of wildfires on wildlife in California?
Campus Queries is a series in which Daily Bruin readers and staff present science-related questions for UCLA professors and experts to answer. Q: How have the recent wildfires in California affected local wildlife? A: In light of the recent Woolsey fire that burned through Los Angeles and Ventura counties, UCLA professors said human activities are […]
Ashe Center combats low vaccination rate, needling students to get free flu shots
UCLA has the highest flu vaccination rate in the University of California system, but many students are still unvaccinated, leaving them at risk for illness. UCLA administered shots to nearly 11,000 students last year, said Geno Mehalik, a spokesperson for the Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center. Still, Mehalik said not enough students are […]
New club aims to encourage creativity, cathartic expression through slam poetry
A new campus organization focused on literary creativity is building a safe space for students to express themselves through writing and performance. SLAM uniVERSE, founded fall 2018 by UCLA students Justine Ramos, Maria Zamarripa and Alexandro Guerrero, is a slam poetry club that aims to teach UCLA students about the benefits of creative literary expression. […]
Campus Queries: What is the psychological basis for the UCLA-USC rivalry?
Campus Queries is a series in which Daily Bruin readers and staff present science-related questions for UCLA professors and experts to answer. Q: What makes the UCLA-USC rivalry appealing? A: Evolution makes humans prone to rivalries, but the brain does not always encourage it. Humans evolved to live in tribes, for which the presence of […]
UCLA study provides insight into leukemia treatment options with low-fat diet
A team of UCLA researchers found a low-fat diet can improve survival rates of obese mice with leukemia, providing new ideas for doctors trying to make chemotherapy more effective. Steven Mittelman, chief of pediatric endocrinology at the UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital and his lab found that among mice with acute lymphoblastic leukemia undergoing chemotherapy, obese […]
Study finds stimulating region of the brain during sleep may affect memory formation
UCLA researchers identified a region of the brain necessary for learning and memory formation in rats, furthering researchers’ understanding of how memories are formed and stored. In a study published in November, UCLA researchers in the lab of Gina Poe determined that changing the activity of an area of the brain known as the locus […]