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WEBBringing mobile health services to veterans experiencing homelessness. April 24, 2024. A new mobile medical unit will allow Veterans Affairs care teams to provide …

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Study finds persistent racial and ethnic health disparities over

WEBThe Yale-led study of survey data from 1999 to 2018 found persistent racial and ethnic differences in measures of health status, access, and affordability. There has …

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Rapid emotion transitions may explain numbness and

WEBPatients with PTSD experience both emotional numbness and hyperreactivity. A new study digs into how these contrasting symptoms are linked. …

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Yale researchers size up the mental health toll of the pandemic

WEBFor all the attention paid to the short and long-term physical effects of COVID-19, the disease has serious mental health consequences, too. In a new report, …

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WEBIn Memoriam: Biochemists Joseph Fruton and Sofia Simmonds. Biochemists Sofia S. Simmonds and Joseph S. Fruton, a married couple who were both professors emeriti at …

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Targeting friends to induce social contagion to benefit the world

WEBNicholas A. Christakis. “ We found that targeting people’s friends for an intervention induced significant social contagion, creating cascades of beneficial health …

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WEBDr. Boris Astrachan, former CMHC director, dies at age 70 Dr. Boris M. Astrachan, a member of the Yale faculty from 1963 to 1990 and a founder and leader in the field of …

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Project offers proposals to fix U.S. health system one

WEBA new project based at Yale University is providing policymakers with evidence-based proposals to eliminate inefficiencies in the health system and reduce …

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WEBFormer dean Judith Brandenburg, launched women's studies. Judith Berman Brandenburg, a former associate dean of Yale College who was a driving force in the creation of the …

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Yale expands mental health and wellness access with new program

WEBThe Yale College Community Care (YC 3) program, a new initiative launched in April, expands mental health and wellness support within the residential college …

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Novel study quantifies immense economic costs of mental

WEBMental illness costs the U.S. economy $282 billion annually, which is equivalent to the average economic recession, according to a new study co-authored by …

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Common antibiotic may be helpful in fighting respiratory viral

WEBA new, Yale-led study suggests that a range of respiratory viral infections — including COVID-19 and influenza — may be preventable or treatable with a generic …

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Yale study reveals insights into post-vaccine heart

WEBIn a new study, Yale scientists have identified the immune signature of rare cases of myocarditis among those vaccinated against COVID-19 with mRNA vaccines. …

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Lax antitrust enforcement linked to rising hospital prices

WEBThey estimate that the 53 hospital mergers that occurred on average annually from 2010 to 2015 raised health spending on the privately insured by $204 …

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New tool can assess the climate of equity and inclusion in medical

WEBA new tool could change that. Yale researchers have developed a new tool that can assess the state of equity and inclusion in medical school learning …

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Emergency department crowding hits crisis levels, risking patient

WEBSeptember 30, 2022. (© stock.adobe.com) In a pair of new studies, Yale researchers document a widespread and increasing level of overcrowding in America’s emergency …

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U.S. health care emissions continue to rise YaleNews

WEBDecember 7, 2020. (© stock.adobe.com) Greenhouse gas emissions associated with the American health care system continued to rise in the past decade — accounting for 8% …

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Study: Proposed changes to Medicare, Medicaid could cost …

WEBIn a previous study, Galvani and her colleagues found that a single-payer universal health care model would save more than 68,000 lives and $450 billion …

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Juniors honored for leadership, scholarship, and campus

WEBMay 3, 2024. Morse College (Photo by Michael Marsland) Thirty-eight Yale College juniors received honors from the Council of the Heads of Colleges in recognition …

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Proximity to fracking sites associated with risk of

WEBProximity to fracking sites associated with risk of childhood cancer. Pennsylvania children living near the sites at birth were two to three times more likely to …

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One Yale student’s love languages: Mandarin, Greek, and particle

WEBOne Yale student’s love languages: Mandarin, Greek, and particle physics. In his time at Yale, senior Barkotel Zemenu has embraced profound questions about the …

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Understanding youth nicotine use to prevent initiation and …

WEBYale researchers have now uncovered factors that contribute to adolescents using multiple nicotine products. These findings, they say, will help inform efforts to …

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Public health giant: Remembering the man who launched public

WEBJune 2, 2015. C.-E. A. Winslow. The Yale School of Public Health (YSPH) is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. Here's a look at the man who founded the School of …

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Pulmonary rehabilitation is difficult for millions of Americans to

WEBPulmonary rehabilitation, an essential component of care for patients with chronic respiratory conditions, is difficult for millions of Americans to access, a new Yale …

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