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The 2022 outbreak of mpox, previously known as monkeypox, was curbed in large part by drastic changes in behavior among gay and bisexual men, and not by vaccination, according to a new analysis published on Thursday in the journal Cell.
- November 08, 2023
Using air travel records and data on where local conditions make transmission more likely, Yale School of Public Health researchers have identified countries where outbreaks of an extensively drug-resistant form of typhoid fever are most likely to occur. The research, published in Nature Communications, could help prevent and control additional outbreaks.
- October 02, 2023
Weather patterns driven by climate change are causing more severe flooding around the globe increasing the risk of potentially life-threatening diarrhea among children under the age of five, particularly among those living in low- and middle-income countries, according to a new study by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.
- September 25, 2023Source: PLOS Blog
On March 31, 2021, PLOS Computational Biology introduced a new journal requirement: mandated code sharing. The aim was to improve reproducibility and increase understanding of research. At the end of the year-long trial period, code sharing had risen from 53% in 2019 to 87% in 2021. Today, the sharing rate is 96%.
- June 08, 2023
Research studies focused on cancer, climate change, COVID-19, and Medicaid spending took top honors this year at the Yale School of Public Health.
- January 31, 2023
Two members of the Yale Center for Research on Aging (Y-Age) are among three Yale School of Medicine faculty whose work is included on the Clinical Research Forum’s 2023 list of the Top 20 recent research achievements.
- December 15, 2022
Yale School of Public Health Associate Professor Virginia Pitzer, ScD, provides advice for people concerned about holiday gatherings this year given the current multi-pronged threat of COVID-19, flu, and RSV.
- July 19, 2022Source: PolitiFact
Although COVID-19 vaccines are now widely available, reinfections have risen in recent weeks.
- June 30, 2022
Diarrhea is a leading killer of young children around the world, and cases often rise after heavy rains and flooding. But diarrhea risks can also increase in dry conditions, an ominous sign as the world continues to get warmer due to climate change.
- June 20, 2022Source: The New York Times
Most Americans now carry some immune protection, experts said, whether from vaccines, infection or both.