HEALTH
KAYLA YUP
White House signals shift to an annual COVID-19 vaccine, Yale experts weigh in

The new bivalent covid booster may be the start of an annual schedule of vaccination. Yale experts spoke on the ramifications of this for the future of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S

September 13, 2022

MAI CHEN
Yale researchers discover potential Long COVID causes and treatments

A recent study led by Yale researchers uncovered evidence on how Long COVID affects the body and potential treatments for these symptoms.

September 5, 2022

SOPHIE WANG
Student volunteer-run organization donates nearly 200,000 pieces of PPE across the U.S.

As one of the only PPE distribution organizations in the U.S., PPE4ALL – founded by Yale and University of Michigan students – serves communities most impacted by the virus.

September 2, 2022

KAYLA YUP
It’s in our sewage: tracking “low rumble” of COVID-19 cases

For the past two years, a Yale team has conducted weekly analyses of New Haven’s wastewater as a reliable early-warning measure of COVID-19’s trajectory and surges.

April 11, 2022

CHLOE NIELD
Yale researchers find certain immune cell types are predictive of COVID-19 mortality

Yale researchers applied Multiscale PHATE, a tool which was developed at Yale, to immune cell samples and found that the abundance of certain cell types can predict COVID-19 patient mortality with 83 percent accuracy.

March 16, 2022

MANAS SHARMA
New Yale study finds reduced accessibility to COVID-19 testing for marginalized groups

Yale MD-PhD student leads study into COVID-19 testing availability for Black, Latinx and Indigenous communities during the first wave of the pandemic.

March 3, 2022

AISLINN KINSELLA
Two COVID-19 vaccine doses for every person could save over a million lives, Yale study finds

Researchers at Yale and several other institutions modeled the cost and effect of higher COVID-19 vaccination in developing countries.

February 17, 2022

SELIN NALBANTOGLU
New nasal vaccine could provide protection against COVID-19 infection, Yale study suggests

A new intranasal vaccine developed by the Iwasaki Lab at Yale shows promise in preventing COVID-19 infection in mice.

February 11, 2022

GIRI VISWANATHAN & YASH ROY
Yale-developed saliva test offered at two New Haven sites

The state of Connecticut has decided to utilize the School of Public Health’s SalivaDirect testing initiative at two state testing locations in New Haven.

February 8, 2022

RYAN BRINDA
Sinovac vaccine efficacy against Omicron increases following mRNA booster, Yale study finds

A new study suggests the globally popular vaccine produces no neutralizing antibodies against the Omicron variant.

February 3, 2022

AISLINN KINSELLA
Pfizer effectiveness against household transmission is reduced by Delta, Yale study finds

A recent study at the Yale School of Public Health looked at the effectiveness of the Pfizer vaccine in preventing household transmission, using data from Israeli cases.

February 3, 2022