# Mobile mammogram unit visits Skid Row, where women’s health services are scarce — and more media coverage of UCLA

- URL: https://theranews.net/blog/2026-03-01-mobile-mammogram-unit-visits-skid-row-where-womens-health-services-are-scarce-an-e31b3d/
- Published: 2026-03-01
- Type: Archive summary (AI-assisted summary of third-party reporting)
- Original outlet: ucla
- Original report: https://newsroom.ucla.edu/in-the-news/mobile-mammogram-unit-visits-skid-row-media-coverage-of-ucla
- Topics: health-equity
- Publisher: TheraNews, operated by AdvancedCare USA Inc.
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> LAist reported that Union Rescue Mission found that 87% of women living at the shelter were not up to date on breast cancer or cervical cancer screenings. “We couldn’t just ignore it anymore,” said Mary Marfisee, the shelter’s family medical services director and a UCLA faculty physician. “We can't

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*Originally reported by ucla. [Read more](https://newsroom.ucla.edu/in-the-news/mobile-mammogram-unit-visits-skid-row-media-coverage-of-ucla)*

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*Source: [https://newsroom.ucla.edu/in-the-news/mobile-mammogram-unit-visits-skid-row-media-coverage-of-ucla](https://newsroom.ucla.edu/in-the-news/mobile-mammogram-unit-visits-skid-row-media-coverage-of-ucla)*