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‘It’s triage’: California’s next governor will face destabilizing surge in uninsured

Data about how many more Californians could become uninsured by 2030 from a report by the California Simulation of Insurance Markets, a joint project of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and the UC Berkeley Labor Center, is cited in this story.
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Golden State

Prop. 44 purports to improve healthcare. It could actually make it worse

UCLA Center for Health Policy Research Director Ninez Ponce offered expert commentary in this story about the importance of community health clinics having "some measure of freedom to spend revenue on care for their high-needs populations."
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CalMatters

Medicaid cuts stand to hit everyone (yes, even you). Here’s why

Nadereh Pourat, an associate center director at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, provided expert commentary on how cuts to Medi-Cal could affect the financial outlook for California hospitals.
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Pasadena Now

Oct 25, 2025

From walk to witness, Pasadena confronts school hate today

California Health Interview Survey data about where adolescents experience hate incidents was cited in this announcement about an awareness walk to combat hate in the Pasadena area.
Features: California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)

CBS LA

Oct 24, 2025

Studies show more college students are accessing mental health resources

Dr. Daniel Eisenberg, from the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, discusses the findings that show college students have improved mental health due to the availability of resources. 

Features: Daniel Eisenberg, Mental Health Program

Los Angeles Times

Oct 23, 2025

10 years since Aliso Canyon: Disaster was wake-up call for U.S. on dangers of underground gas (paywall)

The story cites a study published by UCLA researchers about the higher incidence of low-birthweight babies in Porter Ranch after the Aliso Canyon natural gas facility blowout in 2015.

Features: Aliso Canyon Health Study

LAist

Oct 23, 2025

Nosebleeds, rashes and the smell of rotten eggs: Inside the aftermath of the largest methane leak in US history

Michael Jerrett, principal investigator of the UCLA Aliso Canyon Disaster Health Research Study, discusses research about the 2015 gas leak at the Aliso Canyon natural gas facility.

Press-Telegram

Oct 23, 2025

Long Beach releases report on Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander community needs (paywall)

Richard Calvin Chang, director of the Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Data Policy Lab at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, was quoted in a story about the city of Long Beach's first-time health needs assessment of the NHPI community.
Features: Richard Calvin Chang, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) Data Policy Lab

Los Angeles Daily News

Oct 23, 2025

Aliso Canyon blowout 10 years later: What we know, and what we don't (paywall)

UCLA professor Michael Jerrett, principal investigator of the UCLA Aliso Canyon Disaster Health Research Study, provided an update on the research team's progress, which includes monitoring fine particulate matter in homes, analyzing emergency room data, tracking methane via aircraft and satellite, conducting a community health survey, and performing clinical exams such as lung tests, neurological assessments, and urine and blood analyses for chemical exposure.
Features: Michael Jerrett, Aliso Canyon Health Study

UCLA Newsroom

Oct 20, 2025

3 UCLA faculty members elected to the National Academy of Medicine

UCLA neurologist S. Thomas Carmichael, lung specialist Paul W. Noble and public health pioneer Ninez A. Ponce have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine, the academy announced today.

Features: Ninez A. Ponce, California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)

Pasadena Now

Oct 19, 2025

Confronting Hate: Pasadena Mobilizes as Schools Face Rising Incidents

California Health Interview Survey data from 2022 and 2023 were cited in this story about Pasadena’s “United Against Hate Week,” the city's response to discrimination and division in education and in the community. 

Features: California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)

Dalton Daily Citizen

Oct 18, 2025

Lawfully present immigrants help stabilize ACA plans: Why does GOP want them out?

Arturo Vargas Bustamante, senior fellow at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, was quoted in this story about lawfully present immigrants who are enrolled in Obamacare health plans who will lose their insurance subsidies because of the new federal tax and spending law.

Features: Arturo Vargas Bustamante

Sacramento Bee

Oct 17, 2025

Low-Wage California families could lose CalFresh stores under USDA proposal

Susan H. Babey, director of research at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, was quoted in a story about a proposed rule that could make it harder for low-income families to find groceries that accept CalFresh, or SNAP, benefits.

Features: Susan H. Babey