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 […]
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USAC unanimously approves mandatory campaign spending limits
The undergraduate student government unanimously approved mandatory spending caps of $850 for candidates running for executive offices and $750 for candidates running for any other office Tuesday. The move marks the first time since 2003 that candidates running for the Undergraduate Students Association Council will be held to mandatory spending limits in their campaigns. Election […]
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. […]
Offensive posters accusing SJP of anti-Semitism found on campus, in Westwood
This article was updated at 8:26 p.m. on Feb. 22. Students reported finding several posters around Westwood Sunday that depicted men with assault rifles standing over a masked man and named the group Students for Justice in Palestine with “#JewHaters” written below it. The posters were reported outside Ackerman Union, near Powell Library, in the […]
FDA issues warning on medical scopes, possibly linked to superbug cases
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a safety warning Thursday that the design of a widely used medical scope may prevent it from being effectively sterilized and lead to the transmission of bacteria between patients. The warning comes after officials reported Wednesday that more than 100 patients at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center were […]
Patients at UCLA hospital potentially exposed to superbug CRE
More than 100 patients at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center may have been exposed to a superbug between October and January, according to a statement from the UCLA Health System. The potentially lethal bacteria has infected at least seven of the exposed patients so far, the university said. The bacteria may have been a […]
USAC approves five-day election calendar
This article has been updated at 5:46 p.m. See the bottom of the article for more details. Spring’s undergraduate student government elections will span from Monday to Friday for the first time in the past eight years, after councilmembers approved an election calendar with several nontraditional dates Tuesday night. Undergraduate Students Association Council elections typically […]