The Mattel Children’s Hospital at UCLA and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center received a $10 million donation last week from actor and director Mel Gibson. Five million dollars will go to the Mattel Children’s Hospital and the remaining $5 million will be given to Cedars-Sinai, for the purpose of funding organizations within the hospitals which help children that live in foreign countries. Read more...

Students, teachers and scientists rallied together Wednesday night at a neighboring university to discuss the ways Americans think about science and how they can help keep people and the planet healthy. Read more...

Tina Wu has lived months without running water and electricity. She has comforted and cried with AIDS patients in their final weeks. She has seen an epidemic firsthand ““ one that many of her peers only understand within the context of a classroom. Read more...

It’s like taking any other form of medication ““ you need a physican’s prescription and an awareness of the risks ““ but more than 45 percent of American women from ages 20 to 24 are using them. Read more...

The UCLA Arthur Ashe Health and Wellness Center offers testing for sexually transmitted infections to all students, a confidential and inexpensive service which may be unknown to many. Read more...

Sex and college. A seemingly inevitable combination that is present simultaneously between the sheets, behind closed doors and out and about. This week, UCLA and many other college campuses are decked out in rainbows in honor of National Coming Out Week. Read more...

The treatment of bacterial infections using viruses, introduced prior to the development of antibiotics in the 1940s, is gaining interest. UCLA researchers have come across a virus that can change the protein it uses to attach to the bacteria it is infecting. Read more...