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Introducing Carolina Price, MPA, of the Section of Infectious Diseases.
- May 11, 2023
Discoveries & Impact highlights select scientific discoveries across the Department of Internal Medicine...
- April 03, 2023
As the summer season of 2020 peaked, amidst a swelling pandemic and the murder of George Floyd, a team of physicians and staff within the Yale Department of Internal Medicine’s Section of Infectious Diseases banded together with university historians and experts from the Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning to create a space to address diversity, equity, and anti-racism. Initially spearheaded by Lydia Aoun-Barakat, MD, associate professor of medicine (infectious diseases), and Gerald Friedland, MD, professor emeritus (infectious diseases), the section established the Infectious Diseases Diversity, Equity, and Antiracism (ID2EA) consortium, which aims to address systemic racism, promote diversity, and promote equity within the infectious disease space both at Yale and beyond via interactive learning sessions.
- July 13, 2022
Rising Stars of Infectious Diseases, Part 4. Marwan Marwan Mikheal Azar, MD
- March 06, 2022Source: Bloomberg
NYC, Austin among districts leaving choice to families. Children may face peer pressure along with the virus itself.
- December 14, 2021Source: People
One of the most promising tools to help reach the finish line (once you're fully vaccinated) is a booster shot.
- November 21, 2021Source: Yale Medicine
The outlook is much brighter this season, but taking precautions is still advised.
- July 16, 2021Source: News 8 WTNH
(WTNH) — In today’s health headlines, the COVID-19 positivity rate is back above 1% for the first time since June; a booster shot for immunocompromised patients; and common questions about the coronavirus.
- May 20, 2020Source: Yale Medicine
“There is nothing magically ‘safe’ about May 20, and very little difference in epidemiologic risk between May 19 and May 21," says Jaimie Meyer, MD, MS, a Yale Medicine infectious disease specialist. Only a public health approach that is data-driven will dictate a slow and measured reopening.”
- May 14, 2018Source: Infectious Disease Advisor
The number of US women involved in the criminal justice systems (ICJS) has ballooned since 1970.