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Associated Press

College students, stressed about federal food aid uncertainty, look to campuses for support

AJ Scheitler, director of the Data Equity Center at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, provided important context about how college students and their academic success are affected by food insecurity.
young man looking into an empty refrigerator

ABC News

How Affordable Care Act subsidies became a sticking point in the government shutdown

Naomi Zewde, fellow at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, was quoted in this article about explaining who might be affected most by the discontinuation of the Affordable Care Act subsidies. Syndicated on Yahoo, AOL.com, and dozens of ABC news affiliates.
African American boy getting a vaccine while being with his father at pediatrician's office.

AsAmNews

Why 1000’s of Asian American seniors skip basic healthcare

Riti Shimkhada, a senior research scientist at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, explained what effects the linguistic and cultural barriers to getting health care can do to older Asian adults, including things like not getting timely appointments, nor getting access to primary care or specialty care.
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USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism

Dec 03, 2025

The gaps in care: What SoCal Chinese mothers reveal about a system still learning to listen

This story references a report published jointly by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and AAPI Data that used California Health Interview Survey data to conduct a community analysis of mental health experiences of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders in California.
Features: AAPI Data Project, California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)

Diablo Valley College Inquirer

Dec 02, 2025

As call for food resources escalates, DVC answers with various approaches

Data from a UCLA Center for Health Policy Research study about food insecurity and hunger among California community college students was cited in the Diablo Valley College campus newspaper.
Features: AJ Scheitler

Daily Bruin

Dec 02, 2025

How Californians worked to fight food insecurity amid delays in SNAP benefits

Susan Babey, director of research at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, explained the disruption of CalFresh benefits caused by the government shutdown affected access to food as well as had cascade effects for families' finances.
Features: Susan H. Babey

CalMatters

Dec 01, 2025

‘They still need care’: Why California migrant workers are avoiding medical clinics

Maria-Elena De Trinidad Young, assistant professor of public health at UC Merced and an affiliate of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, explained how cuts to federal Medicaid (known as Medi-Cal in California) could affect California farmworkers.
Features: Maria-Elena De Trinidad Young

Quartz

Nov 29, 2025

Healthcare costs are set to surge. Here’s what to do about it

Dylan Roby, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research affiliate and professor at the UC Irvine Joe C. Wen School of Population and Public Health, was quoted in this article about how the end of Affordable Care Act subsidies could affect Americans' finances.
Features: Dylan H. Roby

Shasta Scout

Nov 24, 2025

After spate of alleged hate crimes and incidents, California Civil Rights Department holds forum in Shasta

This story references how the California Civil Rights Department worked with the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research to catalong hate incidents in the annual California Health Interview Survey.
Features: California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)

Spectrum News1

Nov 17, 2025

A decade after Aliso Canyon gas leak, new UCLA findings link blowout exposure to lower birth weights

Nearly 10 years after the massive Aliso Canyon gas leak forced thousands of Porter Ranch residents from their homes, new preliminary findings from a UCLA study suggest the blowout may have had long-term health consequences for pregnant women living nearby.
Features: Aliso Canyon Health Study

HipLatina

Nov 17, 2025

How cuts to SNAP benefits affected the Latine community

UCLA Center for Health Policy Research Senior Fellow Arturo Vargas Bustamante was quoted in this story about how cuts to California's CalFresh program could disproportionately affect farmworkers in the state.
Features: Arturo Vargas Bustamante

El Observador

Nov 14, 2025

Covered California leadership sits with local Bay Area Latino community leaders to discuss solidarity and open enrollment at 'Connectors for Coverage' campaign event

UCLA Center for Health Policy Research statistics about who is eligible for government financial assistance to pay for health care coverage whether via Medi-Cal or Covered California was cited in this story.
Features: California Simulation of Insurance Markets (CalSIM)