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One of the largest multiomics analyses to date examines hallmarks associated with COVID-19 severity and mortality, and how these factors interact with one another.

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Liz Znamierowski runs the Mother and Infant Mobile Clinic based out of the storefront at 270 Congress Avenue. Launched by Dr. Leslie Sude in 2020, the Mother and Infant program brought care to mothers and newborns in New Haven during the COVID-19 pandemic and revealed that there was enough community need to continue its services beyond the pandemic. In partnership with American Medical Response, the Mother and Infant Mobile Clinic utilizes a retrofitted ambulance to provide dyadic healthcare curbside to patients’ residences.

Some 800,000 people inside Al-Fashir city have no escape route from incoming attacks by the Rapid Support Forces' Janjaweed as violence in Sudan spreads. Nathaniel Raymond, director of the Yale School of Public Health's Humanitarian Research Lab, has been closely monitoring the situation.

Mosquito control agencies in Southern California are desperate to tamp down an invasive mosquito — called Aedes aegypti — that has exploded in recent years. YSPH Associate Professor Nathan Grubaugh provides insight.

Proposed changes to Medicare and Medicaid, including raising the age of Medicare eligibility, could lead to thousands of additional deaths, a Yale study shows.

This series spotlights the amazing students in the YSPH Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases (EMD) program. This month, we are focusing on students who are conducting vaccine-related research. Here, 3rd year PhD candidate Natasha Turyasingura tells us about the program and some of her exciting research in a Q&A format.

Yale researchers say that nasal application of neomycin shows promise in the prevention and treatment of respiratory viral infections.

Akiko Iwasaki and Priyamvada Natarajan are part of 2024’s Time 100, a list that includes leaders of government, the arts, athletics, science, and industry.

Nearly 200 people attended the Yale Institute for Global Health’s (YIGH) inaugural Global Health Symposium on April 5. The day-long event featured opportunities to learn about YIGH programs, including seed grants, faculty networks, and fellowship opportunities for students. There was also a session on how to navigate Yale's policies to support global health programs, and lightning talks on a wide variety of faculty and student initiatives in global health.