COVID-19

To maintain the health and well-being of the campus community and that of the general public, students and employees alike are required to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

The policy contains limited exemptions for medical reasons and to accommodate disabilities or religious beliefs.

The NIH-funded project aims to increase COVID-19 testing access and uptake for underserved and vulnerable populations.

UCLA researchers found that previously infected people produced a vigorous antibody response similar to a severe natural infection after just one shot.

Award recipients’ projects are published on eScholarship, UC’s open-access research repository.

The trend “could cost the U.S. economy billions of dollars,” said report co-author Kassandra Hernández.

Going beyond mere words and good intentions, Chandra Ford is finding solutions to the problem of racism in health care.

Anne Nguyen saw how work in the classroom can help communities in need.

As the pandemic set in, the students pivoted their research focus from food security in Los Angeles to their fellow UCLA students.

The impact of California’s comparatively stringent pandemic mitigation measures will be key to the state’s economic growth.

Investigators will explore the experiences of people dealing with the disease without hospitalization.

Research brief: The study is based on near-real-time data from U.S. emergency medical service calls.

A better understanding of specific communities’ death rates could help officials better allocate resources.

Professor Naomi Eisenberger, who studies how the brain and body react to relationships, looks at isolation during the pandemic.

Keith Holyoak, professor of psychology, and Hal Hershfield, professor of marketing and behavioral decision-making, weigh in on reaching people with COVID-19 information.

Professor Sharon Dolovich’s project provides a comprehensive database of the dangers of the disease for those incarcerated.

“Parents should be patient and not expect everything to go back to how it was before,” said UCLA professor Bridget Callaghan.

Under the proposed policy, the university would require students, faculty, academic appointees and staff who are accessing campus facilities to be immunized against SARS-CoV-2.

The University of California shared this information so faculty and staff could better understand what is being proposed and how the policy would work.

The University of California shared this information so students could better understand what is being proposed and how the policy would work.

A UCLA survey details the effect of falling incomes, COVID-19 health issues and pandemic-related restrictions on Angelenos’ quality of life.

Campus to embrace “flex work” as it plans to ramp up in-person teaching and learning in fall. A student town hall will be held April 26.

Chancellor Gene Block shared plans for celebrating the members of the class of 2021 this spring.

UCLA sociologist Patrick Heuveline reports on the dramatic impact in the U.S. and other nations.

Both vaccinated and non-vaccinated personnel will be tested to gauge how well the vaccines prevent infections and lessen their impact when they do occur.