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The fall season brings a new COVID-19 vaccine and CDC officials are encouraging everyone over 6 months old to get vaccinated —including pregnant women. In this 3 Essential Questions feature, Dr. Linda Niccolai discusses the findings of a new CDC study that emphasizes the importance of pregnant women getting vaccinated to reduce the risk of their newborns being hospitalized with COVID-19.
- June 27, 2024
The Yale School of Public health joins the Common Health Coalition with over 50 health organizations dedicated to strengthening public health and health care collaborations.
- June 27, 2024Source: Yale School of Public Health
Using lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, coalition members are working together to identify, amplify, and replicate innovations from across the country to address a resurgence in infectious diseases, chronic diseases, and the overdose crisis.
- April 15, 2024
The value in the Smilow Cancer Hospital Yale Cancer Center relationship
- April 01, 2024
A multidisciplinary team of Yale scientists has received a $4-million federal grant to study the effectiveness of a new vaccine and monoclonal antibody shot designed to prevent respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in infants.
- February 13, 2024
The Connecticut Emerging Infections Program (EIP) at the Yale School of Public Health has received a five-year grant totaling approximately $19.5 million from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, with an initial $3.9 million being awarded in the first year. Linda Niccolai, professor of epidemiology (microbial diseases) and associate dean for academic affairs, is the principal investigator.
- February 06, 2024
Sangini Sheth, MD, MPH, participates in a Q&A for National Cancer Prevention Month.
- November 22, 2023
New HIV medications could be on the horizon after research uncovers how HIV-1, the most common type of HIV, binds to T cells.
- October 11, 2023
A new study led by Yale scientists shows that the activity of a portion of a human papillomavirus (HPV) protein does not depend on its amino acid sequence or composition.
- May 22, 2023
In classrooms across the United States, five to 10 million children struggle with dyslexia. While offering intervention strategies in grades 1 through 3 can drastically improve the trajectory of a student’s education, the window for effective intervention is narrow. That makes early and accurate screening key. Now, researchers are discovering clues in our genes that could speed early assessment of the risk of dyslexia.