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Gov. Newsom enacts curfew in response to growing number of COVID-19 cases

This post was updated Nov. 22 at 6:42 p.m. California issued a monthlong limited stay-at-home order banning some nonessential gatherings in most counties Thursday to limit the spread of COVID-19. Read more...

Photo: The California Department of Public Health issued an order to ban some nonessential gatherings from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. after COVID-19 cases surged in early November. (Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)


Youth voter turnout increases for 2020 election, playing role in key states

A nationwide increase in youth voter participation impacted the presidential election in some battleground states, researchers, UCLA faculty and students said. The youth voter turnout in the 2020 election is projected to be somewhere between 53% to 56% of all eligible young voters ages 18 to 29, according to election data by the Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement. Read more...

Photo: Across the nation, the youth voter turnout increased in the 2020 election, impacting the election results in some battleground states, researchers, UCLA faculty and students said. (Noah Danesh/Daily Bruin)


UCLA researchers develop imaging technology to aid in surgical procedures

UCLA researchers have developed an imaging technology that could help surgeons perform surgeries safer and more accurately. A new imaging process, published in Nature Chemistry in October, could allow for better real-time image-guided surgery, said Oliver Bruns, a researcher from Helmholtz Zentrum München in Germany who helped develop the technology. Read more...

Photo: UCLA researchers developed imaging technology that could help surgeons perform surgeries by highlighting tissues that need to be cut and tissues that need to be saved. (Illustration by Katie Frei)


LA County imposes new restrictions as COVID-19 cases rise

Los Angeles County will implement restrictions on nonessential businesses starting Friday and is considering a countywide curfew because of rising COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations. Restaurants, bars and other nonessential retail businesses must close between 10 p.m. Read more...

Photo: Los Angeles County will implement new restrictions on nonessential businesses and gatherings as the number of COVID-19 cases continues to rise. (Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)


Officials recommend self-quarantining after holiday travel as cases surge statewide

This post was updated Nov. 22 at 6:48 p.m. Public health officials recommend Los Angeles County residents isolate for 14 days after traveling during the Thanksgiving holiday amid a statewide surge in COVID-19 cases. Read more...

Photo: As COVID-19 cases spike in LA County, public health officials recommend residents isolate for 14 days after traveling for the Thanksgiving holiday. (Naveed Pour/Daily Bruin staff)


UCSA recap – Nov. 14

This post was updated May 15 at 2:02 p.m. The University of California Student Association is composed of representatives from the UC campuses’ undergraduate and graduate student governments. Read more...

Photo: (Jeremy Chen/Daily Bruin)


UCLA may pay $73M in James Heaps class action settlement

UCLA may have to pay $73 million to past patients of former OB-GYN James Heaps and reform its sexual misconduct procedures under the terms of a class action sexual misconduct settlement. Read more...

Photo: UCLA may have to pay $73 million as part of a settlement of a class action lawsuit. (Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)