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Los Angeles County residents are not happy.They don’t like paying more for gasoline, fresh eggs or electricity. They’re worried about their family’s health and their children’s education. They don’t like hearing that homelessness and…

Will all Californians have a chance to enjoy good health in the coming 100 years? What steps can policymakers and health care leaders take to make that happen?These questions are tackled in a time-jumping research report released today by…

A UCLA-led team of researchers studying the effect of the monoclonal antibody Leronlimab on long COVID-19 may have found a surprising clue to the baffling syndrome. Their finding, that an abnormally suppressed immune system may be to…

The state of California spends about $1 billion per year on programs that subsidize the installation of energy-efficient appliances, from lightbulbs to whole-house retrofits.But the programs have a serious problem: Most of them haven’t…

In an effort to demonstrate holistic leadership, UCLA’s new sustainability plan contains a series of initiatives that bridge faculty scholarship and research, campus operations and community engagement. The new plan highlights the…

The UCLA Film & Television Archive continues its long-standing tradition of sharing its latest preservation and restoration work with Los Angeles audiences with the 20th UCLA Festival of Preservation. Running from May 20 to 22, the…

Scientists have known for years that amyloid fibrils — fibrous, ropelike structures formed by closely linked protein molecules — are present in the brains of patients with Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases and likely play a role in the…

For nearly 40 years, drugmakers have used genetically engineered cells as tiny drug factories. Such cells can be programmed to secrete compounds that yield drugs used to treat cancer and autoimmune conditions such as arthritis.Efforts to…

Among transportation experts, congestion pricing is the gold standard policy for managing traffic on freeways and highways. The strategy involves charging drivers tolls to use a road, and charging more during the busiest times — morning…

A report by UCLA psychologists and RAND economists has identified an effective way to reduce the number of divorces among lower-income Americans: Raise the minimum wage.The study, which is published in the Journal of Marriage and Family,…