Health Policy – UC Irvine Wen Public Health

WebMD, October 7, 2024

Clean Air Tips for Your Home

"It may be hard to imagine why the air inside your home could be so dirty. But the causes are all around you. Home items are the main culprits. This includes items like your furniture, gas stoves, cleaning products, paints, and carpets. " (Andrea De Vizcaya Ruiz)

Health Imaging, October 7, 2024

Low doses of radiation still increase risk of leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma

"The study provides crucial insights into radiation exposure’s impact on cancer risk. While this study looked specifically at low-dose exposure of employees at nuclear facilities, it has direct correlation to technologists in radiology and staff in interventional radiology and cardiology." (David Richardson)

Everyday Health, October 2, 2024

Are Your Pots and Pans Safe? How to Choose Nontoxic Cookware

"The safest cookware materials in terms of the possible impact on health would be those that do not react with food or ingredients, do not release harmful chemicals, and are durable and easy to clean." (Andrea De Vizcaya Ruiz)

Forbes Health, September 30, 2024

Devoted Health Medicare Advantage Review 2024

"One interesting feature of Devoted Health plans is Devoted Medical, their in-house medical group that collaborates with an enrollee’s primary care provider while providing telehealth and in-home services. " (Brandy Lipton)

LAist, September 26, 2024

California Proposition 35: Extending a tax to fund health care

"You're using that tax to draw down federal dollars that will increase the budget, allow you to pay the plans higher premiums to take care of the Medi-Cal population, and then those plans are supposed to take those premiums and pay better reimbursement, down to the providers and their network,” and that improves health care for low-income residents" (Dylan Roby)

UCI News, September 23, 2024

UC Irvine grad student training program aims to broaden access to cardiovascular care

"The NSF BEST program will introduce students to the concept of team science and provide skills training at multiple stages of each participant’s journey. The outcomes will be rigorously studied and evaluated to perfect training in the knowledge, skills and values to collaboratively solve health inequities with technology." (Jason Douglas)

UCI News, September 23, 2024

UC Irvine grad student training program aims to broaden access to cardiovascular care

"The National Science Foundation has awarded an interdisciplinary team at UC Irvine $3 million to launch a Biomedical Engineering Social Science Training initiative for graduate students to develop a next-generation workforce. " (Dylan Roby)

NPR, September 19, 2024

Ukraine keeps up the fight against HIV while fighting a war

"Ukraine has always been, I believe, at the forefront of HIV prevention. These initiatives, which helped find undiagnosed people and link them to care, were tested in Ukraine and have since been adopted by many countries in Southeast Asia and Africa." (Tetyana Vasylyeva)

UCI News, September 19, 2024

Who Wants to Be a Study Subject

"These are areas that are important to Black people. Issues around trust, research, brain health, relationships and racial discrimination are things people care about; it’s not random. It signals that we know these things are important and helps engage our study participants." (Karen Lincoln)

The Sacramento Bee, September 18, 2024

CalPERS health premium rates are increasing again. How much will insurance cost?

"Most employer plans are probably seeing similar increases. CalPERS premium costs are comparable to others in the employer-based health insurance market specially considering that the state offers high levels of coverage for services and pretty expansive benefits." (Dylan Roby)