UCLA Arthur Ashe Student Health & Wellness Center

Good Afternoon Bruins! Our namesake, Arthur Ashe, is in the news thanks to WBUR 90.9 FM. Enjoy this piece on the legendary athlete and famed UCLA Alumni.

Arthur Ashe represented 'the possibilities of life.' A new film explores the tennis great's legacy Johnnie Ashe joins us to reflect on his late brother's activism on and off the tennis court.

Good Morning, Bruins! Your COVID-19 boosters are available at UCLA Arthur Ashe Student Health & Wellness Center. Schedule a vaccination appointment using your Patient Portal today.

CDC is strengthening its recommendation on COVID-19 vaccine booster doses. Everyone ages 18 and older should get a booster shot either when they are 6 months after their initial Pfizer or Moderna series or 2 months after initial J&J vaccine. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3mrK4Z5.

UCLA Arthur Ashe Student Health & Wellness Center has COVID-19 boosters for any UCLA students seeking an immunity "boost" before the holiday travel season. Call us, or log in to The Ashe Center Patient Portal to schedule your appointment today.

Yes. Everyone is considered fully vaccinated against COVID-19 two weeks after their second dose in a two-dose primary series, such as the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccines, or two weeks after a single-dose J&J/Janssen vaccine.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/booster-vax.

Good Afternoon, Bruins. Just a little reminder that tomorrow is a university holiday and UCLA Arthur Ashe Student Health & Wellness Center will be closed, but select COVID-19 services will be available. For more information, visit our website: 🐻https://www.studenthealth.ucla.edu/ 📅

Good Morning Bruins! Immunization Requirements are on students' minds this week. Need assistance becoming immune compliant? We've got everything you'll need on our Immunization Requirements website: 💉 https://ucla.in/3EKsg1A 🐻

Good Morning, Bruins! Did you know UCLA Arthur Ashe Student Health & Wellness Center offers PEP and PrEP? Learn more: 🩺💊: https://ucla.in/3BBi1KU

PEP, or post-exposure prophylaxis, is an emergency short course of HIV medicines taken within 72 hours (3 days) after a possible exposure to HIV to prevent the virus from taking hold in your body.

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Good Morning, Bruins! Flu vaccination pop-up clinics by UCLA Arthur Ashe Student Health & Wellness Center continue on campus into November (Next event is scheduled for Friday, Nov 5). For a full list of dates, visit The Ashe Center Student Health Events Calendar, or the UCLA Community Calendar created by UCLA Student Affairs. 📅 https://ucla.in/3w3pG3o

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Here's Why Your Arm Hurts After a Flu Shot—And What You Can Do About It It's not *only* because someone just jabbed it with a needle.

Good Morning Bruins! Just a little update that today's scheduled pop-up flu vaccination clinic at the Bruin Bear has been moved indoors because of the rain. Come to UCLA Arthur Ashe Student Health & Wellness Center Fourth Floor Large Conference Room to get your flu shot (9am-4pm) -- no appointment necessary.

UCLA Student Health Advisory Committee (SHAC) invites you to their next open meeting.

As the officially recognized UCLA student committee charged with having oversight and input into the provision of health services as well as with fostering the overall health and wellbeing of UCLA students, SHAC has established formal relationships not only with the Ashe Center, but also with other administrative bodies associated with student health and wellness and organizations charged with the oversight of these programs.

For more information, you can email [email protected].

You can also bookmark their UCLA Community Calendar page to see all of their upcoming meetings: https://ucla.in/3ncK91H 🐻📅

Hi Bruins! You may have heard the term "breakthrough infections" as it relates to COVID-19. What does it mean? Learn more by watching the brief video from Cleveland Clinic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmjDf9jUWEM

The bottom line: COVID-19 vaccines protect people against severe illness, including disease caused by Delta and other variants circulating in the U.S.

More info, including a CDC link, is available on our website.

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What Are COVID-19 Breakthrough Infections? For more information on breakthrough COVID-19 cases, please visit https://cle.clinic/2Y4fgDRNo vaccine is 100% effective. In fact, some breakthrough COVID-19...

Good Afternoon Bruins! Have you seen us out by Bruin Bear today? We've got flu shots for all registered students. Stop by and see us, no appointment necessary.

Important: The University of California issued a systemwide executive order on Oct. 8, 2021, requiring all covered students, faculty, other academic appointees and staff to, by Nov. 19, 2021, get vaccinated against influenza or opt out using a form supplied by their location after receiving information about flu vaccine.

The COVID-19 vaccine is available at UCLA Arthur Ashe Student Health & Wellness Center. Additionally, if you are interested in a COVID-19 booster and believe you qualify under the new CDC guidelines, contact your primary care provider using The Ashe Center Patient Portal, or call our main line to speaker to our scheduling staff.

Daily Bruin: With COVID-19 and the flu circulating at the same time, there is an increased risk for a heavy burden on health care systems, said Dr. Chaitali Mukherjee, executive director of the UCLA Arthur Ashe Student Health & Wellness Center, in an emailed statement.

“The COVID-19 pandemic is continuing, and the potential confluence with influenza viruses remains a threat to the health and safety of the UCLA community and the public at large,” she added.

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Flu season's return amid COVID-19 creates need for precaution - Daily Bruin As flu season returns amid the COVID-19 pandemic, experts are concerned that relaxed attitudes and safety precautions may lead to a more severe flu season compared to last year.

Good Morning Bruins! Have questions about the COVID-19 vaccines? Don't be afraid to ask! The UCLA Arthur Ashe Student Health & Wellness Center can help you make an informed decision. Learn more from our health center staff: https://www.studenthealth.ucla.edu/covid19-vaccine-info 🐻💉

Good Morning, Bruins! Have you received your flu shot for the 2021-22 flu year? Visit the UCLA Community Calendar for a list of pop-up dates hosted by UCLA Arthur Ashe Student Health & Wellness Center. Remember, the deadline for the flu vaccine requirement is November 1, 2021.

“Once we let our good health practices lapse, then flu is likely to hit hard,” says Robert Ware, a clinical epidemiologist at Griffith University in Queensland, Australia."

Why easing COVID restrictions could prompt a fierce flu rebound As pandemic restrictions ease, other respiratory viruses are returning in unexpected ways.

Good Afternoon Bruins! Did you know UCLA Arthur Ashe Student Health & Wellness Center offers private space appointments in Covel Commons UCLA for your telehealth appointments? First, just schedule your telehealth appointment online using The Ashe Center Patient Portal, then call us (310-825-4073, Option 1) and we can reserve a private room on The Hill just for you. Have questions? Call our Ashe Center Scheduling team.

Tags: UCLA Student Health Advisory Committee, UCLA Student Health Education & Promotion, UCLA Transfer Student Center, UCLA's Undergraduate Students Association Council (USAC)

UCLA Arthur Ashe Student Health & Wellness Center A comprehensive, multi-specialty student health center and outpatient facility available for all registered UCLA students.

Good Morning, Bruins! Flu shots are happening now in Bruin Plaza right next to the Bruin Bear (9am-4pm). No appointment is necessary. For UCSHIP students, flu shots are completely covered. For Non-SHIP students, flu shots are $25, billed directly to the Bruin Bill. Future dates are listed on the UCLA Community calendar and our UCLA Arthur Ashe Student Health & Wellness Center website.

Tags: UCLA Student Affairs, UCLA Parents, UCLA New Student & Transition Programs, USAC Student Wellness Commission (SWC)

Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day, Bruins! The UCLA Arthur Ashe Student Health & Wellness Center acknowledges the Gabrielino/Tongva peoples as the traditional land caretakers of Tovaangar (the Los Angeles basin and So. Channel Islands). As a land grant institution, we pay our respects to the Honuukvetam (Ancestors), ‘Ahiihirom (Elders) and ‘Eyoohiinkem (our relatives/relations) past, present and emerging.

Learn more about Los Angeles' indigenous history by visiting this Storymap: https://www.arcgis.com/apps/MapJournal/index.html?appid=a9e370db955a45ba99c52fb31f31f1fc 🐻

Just giving a signal boost to this Daily Bruin editorial in support of UCLA Blood & Platelet Center and UCLA Health. 🐻🩸

"The UCLA Blood and Platelet Center is experiencing a severe shortage in blood donations. According to the center’s campus liaison, the center has collected just 30% of necessary blood donations during the COVID-19 pandemic – less than half of the normal percentage of donations collected ... All of us who are willing and able should donate blood. Even if you may not have had a need for it, there’s someone else who does. The least we can do is support our fellow Bruins as we navigate this tumultuous time together."

Editorial: Those able should donate blood to prevent further blood shortage - Daily Bruin Editor’s note: Editorials are intended to serve as the jumping-off point, not the conclusion, to discussion. As part of the Daily Bruin’s commitment to its readers, the board hopes to present a responsible and clear analysis of relevant events and news items affecting the lives of those we serve...

Good Morning and Happy National Coming Out Day, Bruins! The Ashe Center is committed to delivering excellent compassionate, inclusive and equitable care to support all of our patients, including our diverse LGBTQ (Le***an, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Q***r/Questioning) Bruin community. 🐻🏳️‍🌈 Learn more: https://ucla.in/2Zk8QyM

Tags: UCLA LGBTQ Campus Resource Center, LGBTQ Studies Program UCLA, The Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law

Hey Bruins! Did you know October is National Health Literacy Month? 🐻🔓 Here are some tips for becoming a better healthcare consumer. Some additional things you can do to promote health literacy in our UCLA community are: (1) Follow groups like UCLA Student Health Advisory Committee and USAC Student Wellness Commission (SWC); (2) Visit our website to read up on UCSHIP --including your preventative health benefits-- if you have a student health insurance policy through UCLA; and (3) Get involved with a student health organization on campus that you're passionate about. Learn more about student health groups through UCLA Student Organizations, Leadership & Engagement - SOLE. What tips do you have?

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Reminder: All Bruins living, learning or working on UCLA properties must complete the COVID-19 Symptom Monitoring Survey before arriving each day. 📝http://bit.ly/3AXftHm

Hey Bruins! Check out these great app resources for mental health and self-care via One Mind PsyberGuide. Do you have any of these apps already? What do you think?

Congratulations to UCLA alumnus and molecular biologist Ardem Patapoutian, who was awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine on Monday. Patapoutian was given the award alongside UCSF professor David Julius for their discoveries of how touch and temperature trigger human receptors in the nervous system.

UCLA alumnus shares 2021 Nobel Prize for studies on touch, temperature receptors - Daily Bruin This post was updated Oct. 4 at 12:37 p.m. A UCLA alumnus and a UCSF professor were awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine on Monday.

Bruins, did you know UCLA Arthur Ashe Student Health & Wellness Center offers Acupuncture services? And we're now scheduling new patients, too. Learn more, and click PATIENT PORTAL in the top right to log in and schedule your initial visit today: https://ucla.in/3g2dvvf 🐻

Good Afternoon Bruins! Vaccines work best when as many people as possible get vaccinated, not just you. Help people overcome their fears and skepticism about the -19 vaccines by sharing your vaccination story on social media. For more information, go to WeCanDoThis.HHS.gov.

UCLA Immunization Requirement Fair 2021 at Collins Court ends today, but you can still schedule for the COVID-19 vaccine at UCLA Arthur Ashe Student Health & Wellness Center by logging into your Patient Portal today.

Tags: UCLA Parents, UCLA New Student & Transition Programs, UCLA LGBTQ Campus Resource Center, UCLA's Undergraduate Students Association Council (USAC)

Bruin Athletes: Pre-participation Physical Exams (PPE) will be held on the first floor of UCLA Arthur Ashe Student Health & Wellness Center tomorrow. Signage will be posted to help direct you downstairs to the first floor for check-in.

The UCLA Immunization Requirement Fair 2021 continues until October 1, 2021. Preschedule your appointment today. Thanks for the boost, Daily Bruin.

Daily Bruin on Twitter “SPONSORED: Participate in the UCLA Immunization Requirement Fair! The fair is being held at John Wooden Center Collins Court and ends October 1, 2021. All required immunizations, including the COVID-19 vaccine, will be available. Visit https://t.co/PgmVtPc0LP for more info”

Good morning Bruins! Have you heard about CA Notify? It's a free exposure notification system for smartphones, implemented by the California Department of Public Health, to alert you if you've been exposed to COVID-19. CA Notify is easy to use, private, secure, and 100% voluntary. It's available for both iPhone and Android phones. CA Notify helps keep communities safe from COVID-19 by alerting people if they need to get tested or stay home.

Learn more: https://canotify.uchealth.edu/

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Bruins, please be advised. If you have COVID-like symptoms, a provider will assess you via Zoom before you come into UCLA Arthur Ashe Student Health & Wellness Center. Call our main line during business hours for any questions (310-825-4073).

Good afternoon Bruins! Need to see a healthcare provider? For your safety, UCLA Arthur Ashe Student Health & Wellness Center's ASAP walk-in clinic is currently closed.

You can still schedule same-day and future appointments anytime on our Patient Portal or by calling us during business hours at 310-825-4073.

"Arthur Ashe was a trailblazer in tennis, a sport with a long history of white elitism. In “Citizen Ashe,” co-directed by Rex Miller and Sam Pollard, captures key moments in Ashe’s life but race looms large throughout. For the African-American tennis champion, it was an albatross that eventually motivated a thrust into the civil rights struggle. Wavering on a number of issues related to racial justice, and the civic responsibilities of Black athletes, was a tension that defined his life."

“Citizen Ashe” premiered at the 2021 Telluride Film Festival. The film will debut on CNN Films and HBO Max in 2022.

Hey Bruins, learn more about the trailblazer (and UCLA Alumni) who gave us our name at UCLA Arthur Ashe Student Health & Wellness Center.

Tags: Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies at UCLA, UCLA Black Alumni Association, UCLA Black Bruin Resource Center

"Our second pandemic flu season begins Friday with the arrival of October. But this time, scientists have a bit of good news: Getting a
flu shot could lower your chances of serious COVID-19 symptoms."

Bruins, flu shots are available at the UCLA Immunization Requirement Fair 2021. Fee is $25 for waiver students, and $0 for UCSHIP students. Remember the flu vaccine deadline is November 1, 2021.

Flu season starts this week. Getting a flu shot is linked to less severe COVID-19 symptoms. This season's flu shot offers an added benefit: Researchers have found a link between getting the flu shot and less severe COVID-19 symptoms.

SPOTTED! Thanks for the boost, UCLA. All registered students, staff and faculty with an active UCLA BruinCard can vend a COVID self-test kit, machines located conveniently across campus. For more info, visit us online: https://www.studenthealth.ucla.edu/covid-19-self-test-options-campus 🐻📲🧪

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Hey Bruins! We love this graphic by Oregon Health Authority on dating during the COVID-19 pandemic. What do you think, UCLA Student Health Education & Promotion?

"Benjamin Kurnick, a member of the UCLA Student Health Advisory Committee, which provides UCLA Student Health Services with formal student input, said he trusts that the university has reasons behind its change in policy. “I have faith that the leaders of UCLA Arthur Ashe Student Health & Wellness Center have held discussions that allow them to come to these conclusions in the best way that they can to protect the health and safety of each and every student,” said Kurnick, a graduate student at the UCLA School of Dentistry."

UCLA stops requiring mandatory weekly testing for vaccinated students, faculty - Daily Bruin This post was updated Sept. 27 at 12:41 a.m. UCLA announced Aug. 31 that it will no longer require mandatory weekly testing for vaccinated students, despite the rise in positive COVID-19 cases from vaccinated individuals.

Pop-up flu vaccination clinics for the month of October have been added to our website and to the UCLA Student Affairs Community Calendar, Bruins. These events are walk-up, no appointment needed. Save the date, and remember that the flu vaccine requirement deadline is November 1, 2021.

UCLA Immunization Requirement Fair 2021 continues at Collins Court until October 1. Sign into your Patient Portal to book your appointment today. COVID-19 vaccine is available for all students.

VaxFact: None of the COVID-19 vaccines authorized or approved for use in the United States shed or release their parts.

Vaccine shedding can only occur when a vaccine contains a piece of weakened virus. The mRNA and viral vector COVID-19 vaccines available in the United States do not contain live virus.

Learn more and get your COVID-19 vaccine today: https://bit.ly/3hQ9yv9.

🐻 💕 💉 Immunization Requirement deadline is October 1, Bruins.

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