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A Pregnancy Ended by COVID-19 Informs New Understanding and Protocols
As a result of this study and others, Dr. Lipkind said, every pregnant woman who comes to Yale’s labor and delivery units is tested for COVID-19, regardless of whether they are symptomatic, for the protection of both pregnant women and healthcare providers.
Source: YaleNews
21 Sep 2020
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Immune System May Have Another Job—Combatting Depression
"We were surprised that normal spinal fluid would be so interesting,” said David Hafler, the William S. and Lois Stiles Edgerly Professor of Neurology, professor of immunobiology, and senior author of the study.
Source: YaleNews
18 Sep 2020
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Yale Succeeds With a More Inclusive Approach to Heart Transplants
Doctors at Yale New Haven Hospital used a more aggressive selection process to more than quadruple the number of heart transplants performed there while maintaining positive patient outcomes, according to a new study.
18 Sep 2020
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Yale Teams get Multi-million-dollar Awards to Study Biology of Parkinson’s
Two Yale research teams will each receive approximately $9 million in grants from the Aligning Sciences Across Parkinson’s (ASAP) initiative to study the underlying biology of Parkinson’s disease.
Source: YaleNews
16 Sep 2020
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COVID-19 and The Criminal Justice System
Outbreaks of any disease, including COVID-19, within correctional systems have substantial public health repercussions, affecting not only those incarcerated but also those who work in facilities and, by extension, both the communities in which jails and prisons sit and the communities to which released individuals return.
Source: Story Map on ArcGIS
16 Sep 2020
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Yale Investigators Are Recognized Among 100 Inspiring Hispanic/Latinx Scientists in America
Cell Mentor, an online resource from Cell Press and Cell Signaling Technology, has compiled a list that includes four scientists affiliated with Yale.
16 Sep 2020
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I'm Working on a COVID-19 Vaccine
From April, I led clinical trials on Remdesivir, a therapeutic drug that was granted emergency approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for treatment of COVID-19, and since August 26 I have been running trials of a vaccine for COVID-19 prevention at Yale New Haven Hospital.
Source: Newsweek
15 Sep 2020
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New YSPH Report Raises Concerns About Climate Change and Health in Connecticut
The Yale School of Public Health’s Center on Climate Change and Health released a new report today on changing conditions in Connecticut that, left untreated, could have serious long-term health consequences for the state’s nearly 3.5 millions residents.
15 Sep 2020
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Potenza Named Director of Division on Addictions Research at Yale
Marc Potenza, MD, PhD (Yale College ’87, MD ’93, PhD ’94, Psychiatry Residency ‘98), Professor of Psychiatry, of Neuroscience, and in the Child Study Center, has been named Director of the Division on Addictions Research in the Yale Department of Psychiatry.
15 Sep 2020
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“Small” Funding Leads to Big Results in Global Health
Established in 2015, the Hecht Global Health Faculty Network Award was created to provide financial support and encouragement for research and educational projects for junior faculty at Yale.
14 Sep 2020
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Simple Change to Microscope Opens Up a Complex Panorama of Cells
Yale researchers in the lab of Joerg Bewersdorf have developed a way to visualize extremely tiny structures by using standard light microscopy, a world previously only accessible by expensive and cumbersome electron microscopy.
Source: YaleNews
10 Sep 2020
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Portable MRI Can Detect Brain Abnormalities at Bedside
New Yale research represents the first known attempt to deploy a mobile, bedside MRI, which promises to provide immediate diagnosis in virtually any setting.
Source: YaleNews
10 Sep 2020
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Yale Launches Online Executive Master’s Degree in Public Health
The Yale School of Public Health is now offering a unique online executive master’s degree in public health (MPH) for professionals interested in acquiring a strong public health education and hands-on leadership and management training.
10 Sep 2020
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How the Coronavirus Attacks the Brain
It’s not just the lungs — the pathogen may enter brain cells, causing symptoms like delirium and confusion, scientists led by Yale's Dr. Akiko Iwasaki reported.
Source: New York Times
10 Sep 2020
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When COVID-19 Symptoms Won’t Go Away
A new Post-COVID-19 Recovery Program at Yale can help those with lingering COVID-19 symptoms.
Source: Yale Medicine
9 Sep 2020
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Gov. Lamont Urges Caution Against COVID-19 in Weeks, Months Ahead During YSPH Speech
Connecticut is emerging from the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic in relatively good shape. But the threat is not over, Governor Ned Lamont cautioned during a panel discussion hosted by the Yale School of Public Health.
9 Sep 2020
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Yale Cancer Center Receives NIH Grant to Fund Gene Imaging Research
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded an Exploratory Developmental grant to fund 3D gene imaging research at Yale Cancer Center.
8 Sep 2020
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Emergency Radiology Provides Overnight Care at Bridgeport Hospital
Yale radiologists are staying up late for Bridgeport Hospital. The Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging at Yale School of Medicine now has three emergency radiologists working overnight to help care for emergency room patients at Bridgeport Hospital as well as four other Yale New Haven Health locations.
4 Sep 2020
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Gelernter, Polimanti New Editors-in-Chief of Complex Psychiatry
Joel Gelernter, MD, Foundations Fund Professor of Psychiatry and Professor of Genetics and of Neuroscience; and Renato Polimanti, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, will co-lead the journal Complex Psychiatry, which recently changed its name from Molecular Neuropsychiatry.
3 Sep 2020
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SalivaDirect: What You Need to Know About the New COVID-19 Test
As businesses and schools tentatively reopen during an ongoing pandemic, scientists at the Yale School of Public Health have developed a new method to determine whether someone has COVID-19.
3 Sep 2020