As Fires and Floods Wreak Havoc on Health, New Climate Center Seeks Solutions
Posted onThe climate change center at UCLA’s Fielding School of Public Health plans to study and help implement policies for slowing climate change and adapting to it.
Tag: California
Public Health Officials Are Our COVID Commanders. Treat Them With Respect.
Posted onThis pandemic is like war, and California’s local health officers are leading the state’s response. Yet unlike war heroes, who are lionized, they are facing unprecedented attacks and death threats.
Feeling Anxious and Depressed? You’re Right at Home in California.
Posted onIn a series of July U.S. Census Bureau surveys, nearly half of California adult respondents reported levels of anxiety and gloom typically associated with diagnoses of generalized anxiety disorder or major depressive disorder, a stunning figure that rose through the summer alongside the menacing spread of the coronavirus.
Estudiantes de minorías analizan datos de COVID sobre disparidades raciales
Posted onLos datos para abordar las brechas raciales en la atención en las comunidades más necesitadas, y sus resultados, han sido escasos durante la pandemia.
Isolation, Disruption and Confusion: Coping With Dementia During a Pandemic
Posted onCOVID-19 has upended the lives of people with dementia, limiting their interactions with others and complicating matters for their caregivers.
Turning Anger Into Action: Minority Students Analyze COVID Data on Racial Disparities
Posted onAbout 70 college students are enrolled this summer in a program developed by San Francisco researchers and funded by the National Institutes of Health that allows them to explore the pandemic’s impact on communities facing health disparities.
Colorado, Like Other States, Trims Health Programs Amid Health Crisis
Posted onAcross the country, the recession has cut state revenues at the same time the COVID-19 pandemic has increased costs, forcing state lawmakers into painful decisions about how to balance their budgets. Health care is one of the targets even in the midst of a health care crisis.
How Those With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Cope With Added Angst Of COVID
Posted onDuring the coronavirus pandemic, people with obsessive-compulsive disorder and other serious anxieties may struggle to distinguish concerns brought on by their conditions from the fears shared by the general public. But some patients say successful treatment has armed them to handle COVID-19’s uncertainties.
‘We Miss Them All So Much’: Grandparents Ache As The COVID Exile Grinds On
Posted onThe pandemic has forced millions of families to weigh the risks of vulnerable grandparents getting too close to their beloved grandchildren — against the heartache of staying away.
California To Widen Pipeline Of Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners
Posted onThe nursing schools at UCLA, UCSF and UC-Davis have joined hands in a new one-year online training program for mental health care as a surge of patients is expected due to the social isolation and economic impact of COVID-19.