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More than a third of parks and recreational spaces in South Los Angeles hit or exceeded the human thermal pain threshold, while no parks in West Los Angeles did. Researchers determined that South Los Angeles parks were built with far more heat-retaining materials, such as artificial turf and concrete, than those in West Los Angeles.…

Even after one of California’s largest cleanup efforts, nearly 70 percent of remediated homes near the former Exide battery smelter in Southeast L.A. still exceeded the state’s soil lead threshold. Continued contamination disproportionately affects low-income, predominantly Latino families with young children. Community-driven research by UC Irvine helped expose ongoing contamination, prompting expanded testing, blood lead…

The American Public Health Association was formed in 1872, when scientific advances were starting to reveal the causes of contagious diseases. For over 150 years, the APHA has championed “optimal, equitable health and well-being for all,” and in 1995, President Bill Clinton signed an executive order declaring that the first full week of April each…

Irvine, Calif., March 26, 2026 —The American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest general scientific society, has selected seven University of California, Irvine researchers – working in disciplines as diverse as chemistry, civil and environmental engineering, neurobiology, and physics – as fellows. “Congratulations to the seven UC Irvine researchers named fellows of…

Cataracts affect 25 million people in the U.S. and over 65 million people globally. These numbers are expected to rise as populations age, and life expectancy increases. NIH-supported work offers new insight into the earliest steps of cataract formation at the molecular level. Irvine, Calif., March 4, 2026 — Cataracts are a leading cause of…