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Diablo Valley College Inquirer — As call for food resources escalates, DVC answers with various approaches — December 3, 2025

As call for food resources escalates, DVC answers with various approaches — As call for food resources escalates, DVC answers with various approaches — December 3, 2025

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

CalMatters — ‘They still need care’: Why California migrant workers are avoiding medical clinics — December 2, 2025

‘They still need care’: Why California migrant workers are avoiding medical clinics — ‘They still need care’: Why California migrant workers are avoiding medical clinics — December 2, 2025

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 — Healthcare costs are set to surge. Here’s what to do about it — December 1, 2025

Healthcare costs are set to surge. Here’s what to do about it — Healthcare costs are set to surge. Here’s what to do about it — December 1, 2025

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 — After spate of alleged hate crimes and incidents, California Civil Rights Department holds forum in Shasta — November 25, 2025

After spate of alleged hate crimes and incidents, California Civil Rights Department holds forum in Shasta — After spate of alleged hate crimes and incidents, California Civil Rights Department holds forum in Shasta — November 25, 2025

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 — A decade after Aliso Canyon gas leak, new UCLA findings link blowout exposure to lower birth weights — November 24, 2025

A decade after Aliso Canyon gas leak, new UCLA findings link blowout exposure to lower birth weights — A decade after Aliso Canyon gas leak, new UCLA findings link blowout exposure to lower birth weights — November 24, 2025

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 — How cuts to SNAP benefits affected the Latine community — November 19, 2025

How cuts to SNAP benefits affected the Latine community — How cuts to SNAP benefits affected the Latine community — November 19, 2025

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 — Covered California leadership sits with local Bay Area Latino community leaders to discuss solidarity and open enrollment at 'Connectors for Coverage' campaign event — November 17, 2025

Covered California leadership sits with local Bay Area Latino community leaders to discuss solidarity and open enrollment at 'Connectors for Coverage' campaign event — Covered California leadership sits with local Bay Area Latino community leaders to discuss solidarity and open enrollment at 'Connectors for Coverage' campaign event — November 17, 2025

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)

AsAmNews — Why 1000’s of Asian American seniors skip basic healthcare — November 10, 2025

Why 1000’s of Asian American seniors skip basic healthcare — Why 1000’s of Asian American seniors skip basic healthcare — November 10, 2025

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.
Features: Riti Shimkhada, California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)

Associated Press — College students, stressed about federal food aid uncertainty, look to campuses for support — November 10, 2025

College students, stressed about federal food aid uncertainty, look to campuses for support — College students, stressed about federal food aid uncertainty, look to campuses for support — November 10, 2025

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.
Features: AJ Scheitler, Food Insecurity