Los Angeles County is attempting to manage a health care system near full capacity while the COVID-19 case count continues to surge at an unprecedented rate. Read more...
Photo: LA County officials are dealing with the worst COVID-19 surge they have seen since the beginning of the pandemic. (Justin Jung/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The Undergraduate Students Association Council proposed and discussed various changes to election procedures. The council also presented the Student Advocacy Board, a group of students promoting transformative and restorative justice in dealing with the administration through focusing on issues with the UCLA Police Department and academic dishonesty. Read more...
This post was updated on Jan. 10 at 4:50 p.m. At least 20 UCLA professors, along with hundreds of political scientists, signed an open letter, calling for the removal of President Donald Trump from office. Read more...
Photo: More than 1,900 political scientists, including at least 20 UCLA professors, signed an open letter calling for President Donald Trump’s removal from office following the riot that took place at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday. (Sakshi Joglekar/Daily Bruin staff)
Emergency physician Kimon Ioannides won’t hold a party with his colleagues despite receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. Although COVID-19 vaccines arrived at UCLA Health, some health care workers at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, like Ioannides, remain cautious. Read more...
Photo: Although emergency physician Kimon Ioannides received a COVID-19 vaccine, he remains wary. (Finn Chitwood/Daily Bruin)
Some international students said they were concerned about their U.S. immigration status during President Donald Trump’s administration and said they hoped President-elect Joe Biden’s presidency would improve job stability. Read more...
Photo: During President Donald Trump’s administration, international students were concerned about their immigration status. However, President-elect Joe Biden plans to roll back policies made during Trump’s term, such as by reforming the temporary visa system. (Kristie-Valerie Hoang/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This article was updated Jan. 10 at 4:42 p.m. News of riots at the U.S. Capitol distracted Vedant Sathye from his classes Wednesday. Sathye, a third-year computer science student, said he tried to multitask, swapping back-and-forth between his lectures and watching the news. Read more...
Photo: One student couldn’t focus on school and another was disheartened after hearing the news about Wednesday’s riots in Washington, D.C. (Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)
The art for this post was updated Jan. 7 at 2:17 p.m. Following a surge in COVID-19 hospitalizations, county officials have told ambulance crews in Los Angeles County to save oxygen for critically ill patients and to not bring in patients, with or without COVID-19, to the hospital if they were unable to be resuscitated in the field. Read more...
Photo: Following two directives by the LA County’s Emergency Medical Services Agency, emergency workers are told not to bring patients back to the hospital if they were unable to resuscitate them. (Noah Danesh/Daily Bruin)
