News & Events
Doubling down
UC Santa Barbara study shows human impacts on oceans nearly doubled in recent decade, could double again without adequate action.
The animals that will survive climate change
UC Merced Professor Asmeret Asefaw Berhe discusses animals and microbes, like cockroaches and archaea, that have proven their survival skills throughout time.
Fertilizer feast and famine
Solving the global nitrogen problem; a team of scientists, led by UC Davis, has published a study that identifies five strategies to tackle the problem.
Study shows urgent need for long-term follow up of Zika-exposed infants
The study was carried out by researchers at the UCLA School of Medicine on more than 200 infants in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
SPARQ creates measures, interventions to improve person-centered reproductive health care
UCSF project shows how making care person-centered could provide a path to improve women’s and children’s health.
Latina mothers experienced jump in preterm births after 2016 election
A new UC Berkeley study suggests the 2016 presidential election may have adversely affected the health of Latinx mothers and their babies.
UC Merced public health PhD student earns fellowship to study health equity
Tashelle Wright will examine tobacco use and oral health diseases among Black, Latinx, aging and rural populations in the San Joaquin Valley.
Detained migrant children need continuous medical care
"The rights of the child and their health and health care really need to be thought about as separate from the legal process that’s unfolding,” says Elizabeth Barnert, a pediatrician at UCLA.
UC Davis and USAID launch new research program to study rural poverty worldwide
Researchers will study the root causes of poverty and food insecurity with an emphasis on risk from disasters like drought, flood or conflict.