Blood transfusions are an essential component of modern medicine. Every two seconds, someone in the United States needs a blood transfusion, and the importance of this life saving procedure has touched the lives of several members of the UCLA community. 

As the country recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic, Americans are faced with a new challenge — a critical blood shortage.
A rise in the number of trauma cases, organ transplants, and elective surgeries requiring blood products over recent months has depleted the nation’s supply of blood.

This post was updated April 25 at 6:46 p.m.
With increased vaccination rates and plans to return to campus fall quarter, the end of Zoom University is finally in sight for Bruins.

COVID-19 guidelines may have changed for Los Angeles County, but the virus is still very much a threat.
LA County has seen a total of more than 1 million cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic.

The COVID-19 vaccines offer hope for an end to the pandemic, UCLA students and faculty said.
With vaccine distribution underway and numerous members of the community continuing to be vaccinated, students and faculty share their hopes for a better future.