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Pasadena Now — Residents urged to submit discrimination testimony ahead of state commission at City Hall — September 17, 2025

Residents urged to submit discrimination testimony ahead of state commission at City Hall — Residents urged to submit discrimination testimony ahead of state commission at City Hall — September 17, 2025

In advance of a local hearing, community leaders urged residents to share their experiences with acts of hate. According to the California Health Interview Survey, 2.6 million Californians age 12 and older experienced hate acts from 2022 to 2023.

LAist — Low birth weight rates rose nearly 50% around Aliso Canyon gas leak, UCLA study finds — September 17, 2025

Low birth weight rates rose nearly 50% around Aliso Canyon gas leak, UCLA study finds — Low birth weight rates rose nearly 50% around Aliso Canyon gas leak, UCLA study finds — September 17, 2025

Professors Kimberly Paul and Michael Jerrett, of the UCLA Aliso Canyon Disaster Health Research Study, were quoted in this online and radio story about the research team's investigation of birth records. KNBC-TV (Ch. 4 Los Angeles) also covered the story.
Features: Kimberly C. Paul, Michael Jerrett

U.S. News & World Report — Protect your health and finances: Do you need health insurance? — September 4, 2025

Protect your health and finances: Do you need health insurance? — Protect your health and finances: Do you need health insurance? — September 4, 2025

Naomi Zewde, fellow at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and assistant professor of health policy and management, shared important reasons why even young adults should have health insurance and what could happen to them financially if they do not.
Features: Naomi Zewde

Investopedia — Social Security recipients struggle: Nearly one-third cut back on essentials amid rising costs — August 22, 2025

Social Security recipients struggle: Nearly one-third cut back on essentials amid rising costs — Social Security recipients struggle: Nearly one-third cut back on essentials amid rising costs — August 22, 2025

Imelda Padilla-Frausto, research scientist at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, discussed how a projected 2.7% cost-of-living adjustment to social security could leave many recipients with less buying power.
Features: D. Imelda Padilla-Frausto

The Hill — Wildfires could be raising local death rates by two-thirds: Study — August 26, 2025

Wildfires could be raising local death rates by two-thirds: Study — Wildfires could be raising local death rates by two-thirds: Study — August 26, 2025

Kekoa Taparra, who is part of the Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Data Policy Lab at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, co-authored a study published in Frontiers in Climate that analyzed deaths during the August 2023 wildfires on Maui.

Washington Post — Fed up with U.S. health care costs, these Americans moved abroad (paywall) — August 18, 2025

Fed up with U.S. health care costs, these Americans moved abroad (paywall) — Fed up with U.S. health care costs, these Americans moved abroad (paywall) — August 18, 2025

Gerald F. Kominski, senior fellow at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, provided expert context to explain how some Americans who have health insurance still end up facing medical debt and thus may move to another with more affordable health care.
Features: Gerald F. Kominski

UC Merced Newsroom — Fellowship lifts mission of farmworkers’ daughter to improve immigrant health — August 14, 2025

Fellowship lifts mission of farmworkers’ daughter to improve immigrant health — Fellowship lifts mission of farmworkers’ daughter to improve immigrant health — August 14, 2025

Ninez A. Ponce, director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, is mentioned in this profile of Fabiola Perez-Lua, a recipient of a UCLA Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program award.
Features: Ninez A. Ponce

UCLA Anderson Review — Paperwork issues at physical therapy providers curtail care more often for minority and low-income patients — August 1, 2025

Paperwork issues at physical therapy providers curtail care more often for minority and low-income patients — Paperwork issues at physical therapy providers curtail care more often for minority and low-income patients — August 1, 2025

UCLA Center for Health Policy Research affiliate Ashvin Gandhi co-authored a study shows how the cost-saving measure of soft spending caps in Medicare disproportionately affected affect racialized minorities and low-income people the most.
Features: Ashvin Gandhi