Yale School of Public Health

The School of Public Health at Yale University provides leadership to protect and improve the health of the public. Through innovative research, policy analysis, and education that draws upon multidisciplinary scholarship from across the graduate and professional programs at Yale, the school serves local, national, and international communities with its knowledge and expertise.

"Contagion" Prompts Discussion of Pandemics, Public Health Responses

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02/20/2012: In the movie Contagion, an epidemic spreads quickly from continent to continent and leaves a growing number of fatalities in its wake. Public health workers scramble to identify the novel virus and race to develop a vaccine as civil order breaks down and military troops move in to quarantine a panicked citizenry. >>>

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Building Better Health in Bhutan

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02/21/2012: When it comes to measuring success, the Himalayan nation of Bhutan doesn’t look to its gross domestic product or how many luxury goods their citizens own. >>>

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Professor’s Paper Cited in Defense of Nation’s Health Care Reform

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02/13/2012: The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments next month in a legal challenge to the nation’s new health care law, known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), and an article by a Yale School of Public Health professor will play a role in the legal proceedings. >>>

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Diabetes takes a heavy economic and educational toll on young patients

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01/09/2012: While the health implications of diabetes are well understood, new research led by the Yale School of Public Health has found that the disease also comes with high nonmedical costs for patients in the form of educational achievement and future earnings potential. >>>

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Statins May Reduce Mortality in Influenza Patients

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12/16/2011: The two most common weapons to fight influenza are an annual immunization and the use of antiviral drugs. A team of investigators has found that statins—a drug widely used to lower cholesterol—may offer additional benefits that complements these approaches and reduces mortality among patients with influenza.

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