Lieu Calls for Congress to Investigate UCLA ‘Superbug’
Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Torrance) has called on Congress to investigate the “superbug” outbreak at UCLA that claimed the lives of two patients, infected five more, and possibly exposed 179 others.
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Student Court at UC Davis Strikes down Anti-Israel Divestment Resolution
In January, students at UC Davis passed a resolution urging the school to divest from companies doing business in Israel. On Wednesday, UC Davis’s student court declared the resolution to be unconstitutional (i.e. not in accordance with standards outlined in the student court) and ruled against it, following an appeal from the university’s students.
UCLA Apologizes for ‘Superbug’ Deaths
The Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center apologized on Thursday after news surfaced this week of two patients who died from contracting a “superbug” through the use of endoscopes called duodenoscopes that had been contaminated.
‘Superbug’ Kills Two At UCLA Hospital, 180 Feared Exposed
A procedure called ERCP, or endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, which uses a specialized endoscope to deal with ailments of the digestive system, has unwittingly introduced a superbug called CRE, or carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, into at least two patients at UCLA’s Ronald Reagan Medical Center who died as a result. Five other patients were also exposed to the superbug; 180 more may have been exposed.
Roseanne Barr Says UC Davis Should Be ‘Nuked,’ for Anti-Israel Vote
Comedienne, radical, and staunch Israel and democracy supporter Roseanne Barr took to Twitter this week in response to a vote by UC Davis to divest from a slew of American companies doing business in Israel.
UC Students Vote to Divest from Israel–and America
LOS ANGELES, California — An emotionally-charged and highly divisive vote took place at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) on Sunday as pro-Israel students attempted to thwart two different divestment resolutions at the UC Student Association (USCA). Both divestment resolutions subsequently passed, including one which called for divestment from most of the world, including the United States.
