Month: August 2021

Orange County’s weekly COVID-19 metrics decline

Spectrum News 1 (City News Service), Aug. 31, 2021

UC Irvine study shows kids are as likely to contract COVID-19 as adults

Spectrum News 1, Aug. 31, 2021

Orange County’s Coronavirus hospitalizations are trending younger

Voice of OC, Aug. 31, 2021

Gordon Onslow Ford, Constellations and Grasses, 1957

Paintings that play with perception

New exhibition at UCI’s Institute and Museum of California Art pairs abstract and representational works

NASA funds project to make STEM learning more inclusive

Through its Minority University Research and Education Project, NASA has granted $750,000 to fund a project proposed by UCI and Oregon State University to expand access to science, technology, engineering and math learning opportunities for underserved students. UCI and OSU are among 10 institutions receiving the Ocean Biology and Biogeochemistry award, which is intended to […]

Orange County reports 1,525 COVID-19 infections, 18 deaths

Spectrum News 1 (City News Service), Aug 30, 2021

YouTube’s plan to showcase credible health information is flawed, experts warn

Scientific American, Aug. 27, 2021

Santa Ana awards UCI $700,000 to address healthcare inequities among the vulnerable

UCI researchers from the Program in Public Health and the School of Medicine have received $700,000 from the city of Santa Ana to address inequities and gaps in health services and enhance COVID-19 mitigation efforts in vulnerable populations. Santa Ana and the surrounding area are home to almost 600,000 residents who live in the highest […]

Hospital beds drying up as cases rise in several states; California professor sues to avoid vaccine: Latest COVID-19 updates

USA Today, Aug. 26, 2021

COVID hits pregnant women at a new alarming rate, health officials say

International Business Times, Aug. 26, 2021