HEALTH
SYDNEY GRAY, BEATRIZ HORTA & MARIA FERNANDA PACHECO
Yale IMPACT team compiles biorepository of COVID-19 patient samples for study

As the coronavirus first started to spread across the globe last March, Yale experts came together to build a biorepository — or library — of […]

February 19, 2021

LUCY SUN
Medical school researchers investigate anticoagulation dosage and aspirin as potential COVID-19 treatment

A team of researchers at the Yale School of Medicine have figured out a promising treatment strategy for COVID-19, further elucidating the disease’s pathway and […]

February 17, 2021

MARIA FERNANDA PACHECO
New COVID-19 ‘inconclusive’ test result reflects more accurate technology

In an email sent to the Yale community on Tuesday, Yale Health Chief Quality Officer Madeline Wilson announced that there will now be three main […]

February 17, 2021

VERONICA LEE
Yale scientists determine shape of SARS-CoV-2 genome

Yale researchers have figured out how to map the shape of the SARS-CoV-2 — another critical step in the scientific battle against the virus. Researchers […]

February 16, 2021

SYDNEY GRAY & MARIA FERNANDA PACHECO
Yale experts comment on threat of COVID-19 variants and staggered immunization rates

With a rise in the number of new coronavirus variants around the world, Yale scientists have expressed increasing concern about how the mutations they carry […]

February 11, 2021

SYDNEY GRAY & NICOLE RODRIGUEZ
Epidemiologists, coaches examine possibility of Ivy League spring sports

Despite pressure from current and former Ivy League athletes to start the spring athletic season, the Ivy League remains the only NCAA Division I conference […]

February 10, 2021

MARIA FERNANDA PACHECO
COVID-19 vaccines should not eclipse public health precautions, YNHH doctors stress

Although the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of COVID-19 vaccines has brought the end of the pandemic nearer, the United States remains at a defining […]

February 9, 2021

SYDNEY GRAY
Shorter quarantines with careful testing may be more effective than two-week isolation, Yale study finds

Appropriately timed testing can make a seven-day quarantine more effective than a 14-day quarantine in preventing the spread of COVID-19, according to a Yale School […]

February 5, 2021

SYDNEY GRAY
Yale professors disagree with federal and state COVID-19 vaccine distribution plans

With information about the COVID-19 vaccine flooding the national discourse, two Yale professors penned an op-ed for the New York Times last month outlining their […]

February 3, 2021

MARIA FERNANDA PACHECO & SYDNEY GRAY
Yale’s COVID-19 vaccination outreach addresses vaccine hesitancy, accessibility issues

Targeting vaccine hesitancy and accessibility barriers within local communities has been an important part of the COVID-19 vaccination strategies of Yale, New Haven and Connecticut.  […]

February 3, 2021