Fareed Salmon
Staff Reporter
fareed.salmon@yale.edu
Fareed Salmon covers Community Health & Policy for the SciTech desk. From Richmond, TX, he's a sophomore in Jonathan Edwards College majoring in History.
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FAREED SALMON
Yale experts weigh in on Harris’ Medicare expansion plan

Could Vice President Kamala Harris’ plan to expand Medicare coverage alleviate the elderly care crisis?

October 28, 2024

FAREED SALMON & ZOE BEKETOVA
A $3,500 price to live: why the FTC is suing PBMs over insulin prices

The FTC sued pharmacy benefit managers over their roles in increasing insulin prices over the past decade. The News talked to experts about insulin prices and their impact on patients.

October 14, 2024

FAREED SALMON
How the “loneliness epidemic” is impacting Yale students

Marking the two-year anniversary of Dr. Vivek Murthy’s Yale talk on loneliness, the News reached out to researchers about the current loneliness epidemic in the U.S. and how colleges can begin to address the ramifications of extreme loneliness.

September 29, 2024

FAREED SALMON & SABRINA THALER
Connecticut Board of Education recommends cell phone restrictions in public schools

The CT Board of Education’s recommendation of limited cell phone use in public schools have sparked conversations about how to best support student learning.

September 23, 2024

KARLA CORTES, LANDON BISHOP & FAREED SALMON
As COVID-19 rates rise, Yale focuses on community health, but concerns for immunocompromised persist

As Yale relaxes COVID-era policies and national and state COVID-19 rates rise, community health remains a concern.

September 5, 2024

FAREED SALMON
CARE addresses health disparities in New Haven with a focus on community engagement

Started in 2007, the Community Alliance for Research and Engagement looks for solutions to public health issues through community-based projects that tackle various disease risk factors.

September 4, 2024

ADA PERLMAN & FAREED SALMON
Muslim community at Yale and in New Haven celebrate Ramadan

Muslim Yalies experienced support from Yale and New Haven during their observance of Ramadan.

April 12, 2024

FAREED SALMON
SHI Venture Program continues to support students’ global health innovation

The program develops Yale students’ interest in innovation to solve global health challenges through collaboration, creative methods and business approaches.

March 29, 2024

FAREED SALMON
Yale-led study discovers disparities in stroke treatment among patients receiving hospital cardiac care 

The researchers found that patients who suffer from strokes following cardiac interventions are less likely to receive the most effective stroke treatment, EVT.

February 23, 2024

ABEL GELETA & FAREED SALMON
Blending research and advocacy, Yale’s Housing and Health Equity Lab tackles homelessness through a scientific lens

Founded by Danya Keene, the YSPH lab explores the links between housing and health, promoting policy interventions to enhance housing access and reduce racial health disparities.

January 31, 2024

FAREED SALMON
Yale study sheds light on new findings on the causes of long Covid symptoms

Researchers at Yale have determined that neuroinflammation and blood-brain barrier dysfunction are not legitimate causes of neuropsychiatric symptoms of long Covid.

November 30, 2023