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In what is believed to be the first published study of COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness in long-term care facilities such as nursing homes, a research team co-led by the Yale School of Public Health found a widely used vaccine is highly successful in preventing infections.

A new study by the Yale School of Public Health finds that 28% of recently surveyed Connecticut nursing home residents tested positive for coronavirus. Most of the patients were asymptomatic.

Although much of the nation’s focus has been on the surge of Covid-19 cases and deaths in New York and other large cities, the overlooked epicenter of the pandemic is our nation’s nursing homes, veterans’ homes, and other long-term care facilities.

Childhood malaria episodes could be reduced by 20% during malaria transmission season if an entire village population were given the mosquito-killing drug ivermectin or IVM every three weeks, according to a new study published in The Lancet international medical journal.

Malaria continues to exact a tremendous toll on resource-limited regions. In 2016 alone, there were an estimated 216 million cases worldwide, resulting in 445,000 deaths.

Current recommended dosing regimens for the most widely used treatment for uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria may be sub-optimal for the most vulnerable populations of patients, according to a study published this week in PLOS Medicine.

Bhutan, a Himalayan nation with a population of fewer than a million people, is well on its way to eliminating the scourge of malaria.