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5 high-level CDC officials are leaving in the latest turmoil for the public health agency
The recent departure of five high-level officials from the CDC reflects a further erosion of the agency's experienced leadership, YSPH health policy researcher Jason Schwartz says.
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
25 Mar 2025
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Vaccine advisory committee helps shape national vaccination program
YSPH Associate Professor Jason Schwartz stresses the important role of the national vaccine advisory committee in this Science news article.
Source: Science
7 Mar 2025
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Scale of latest measles outbreak rare, says YSPH Professor Jason Schwartz
Experts answered key questions about the severity of the virus and the effectiveness of the vaccine.
Source: The New York Times
28 Feb 2025
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How America’s Fire Wall Against Disease Starts to Fail
Changing the membership of an obscure advisory committee could have an outsize effect on Americans’ protection against disease. YSPH's Dr. Jason Schwartz, a vaccine-policy expert, comments.
Source: The Atlantic
22 Jan 2025
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Promoting Resilience Through The Advisory Committee On Immunization Practices
The U.S. vaccine policy landscape is broader and changing more rapidly than at any point in its modern history, and those guiding it face a complex set of challenges to its continued success, YSPH Associate Professor Jason L. Schwartz says in this article in Health Affairs.
Source: Health Affairs
19 Sep 2024
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Here’s what you need to know about this year’s COVID, flu, and RSV vaccines
New COVID-19 vaccines are now available at local pharmacies, health clinics, major retail outlets, and medical offices. Shots for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are also widely available, as is the latest updated flu vaccine. YSPH Associate Professor Jason Schwartz discusses this year's vaccines and why it is important to get vaccinated.
10 Sep 2024
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FDA Grants Citizen Petition Request to Extend Open Public Hearing on MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy for PTSD
The United States Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee is assessing a new drug application of MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). YSPH Associate Professor Jason Schwartz comments.
Source: Associated Press
3 Jun 2024
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New COVID isolation guidelines shorten stay-at-home time
On March 1, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention made a major change to its isolation guidelines for respiratory illnesses, including COVID-19. Some experts worry that the shortened isolation period risks increasing transmission in some populations. YSPH Associate Professor Jason L. Schwartz discusses the new guidelines in this installment of 3 Essential Questions.
8 Mar 2024
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Florida policy set amid measles outbreak alarms vaccination proponents
A Florida state policy set amid a measles outbreak in Broward County has vaccination proponents aghast, with many saying it leaves unvaccinated children especially vulnerable to the highly contagious disease. YSPH Associate Professor Jason Schwartz calls the move "stunning" but not entirely unexpected.
Source: STAT
22 Feb 2024
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Why many more people are lining up for a flu shot than a Covid vaccine
Americans who regularly get a flu shot are just the type of people you’d expect would routinely get vaccinated against Covid. Yet as the statistics reveal, even many of them appear to have declined the latest booster. YSPH Associate Professor Jason Schwartz sees the discrepancy as a warning sign.
Source: STAT
22 Jan 2024
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Will Uninsured Americans Be Able to Get Their COVID Shot?
The government created the Bridge Access program to help those without insurance. Does anyone care about it? Associate Professor Jason Schwartz says the public is fatigued when it comes to news about another COVID shot.
Source: The Messenger
17 Oct 2023
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FDA okays new coronavirus vaccine as respiratory illness season nears
The FDA approved new coronavirus booster vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna as the respiratory illness season nears.
Source: Washington Post
11 Sep 2023
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Yale researchers develop nasal spray mRNA vaccine for COVID-19
Yale researchers, led by Professor Mark Saltzman, have successfully created an mRNA no-shot COVID vaccine, which successfully protects against COVID-19 in mice.
Source: Yale Daily News
8 Sep 2023
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Vaccine politics may be to blame for GOP excess deaths, study finds
The political maelstrom swirling around coronavirus vaccines may be to blame for a higher rate of excess deaths among registered Republicans in Ohio and Florida during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a study published Monday.
Source: The Washington Post
24 Jul 2023
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CDC advisors recommend RSV vaccine approval. What it means for older adults
A respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, vaccine for older adults could soon be available after an advisory committee for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted to recommend them Wednesday.
Source: ABC News
22 Jun 2023
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FDA rethinks its strategy on future COVID vaccines
An FDA advisory panel meeting tomorrow could start a reset of how the U.S. approaches its COVID-19 vaccine strategy.
Source: Axios
24 Jan 2023
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Jason L. Schwartz – teaching the richness and complexity of public health
The latest Faculty Spotlight shines on Jason L. Schwartz, an an associate professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Yale School of Public Health, who teaches primarily about vaccines and vaccination policy.
19 Dec 2022
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FDA expert panel to discuss the future of COVID vaccines
Food and Drug Administration advisers will hold a key meeting next month to discuss the state of the pandemic and whether COVID vaccines need to be modified again to better limit the fast-changing virus.
Source: Axios
18 Dec 2022
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Voices: Quotables from YSPH faculty in the news
Quotables from YSPH faculty in the news
28 Nov 2022
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Study Finds Large Gap in Excess Deaths Along Partisan Lines After COVID-19 Vaccines Introduced
A team of Yale researchers has found that Republican voters in two U.S. states had more excess deaths than Democratic voters after vaccines for COVID-19 became widely available to counter the disease. The discrepancy didn’t exist prior to the vaccines.
3 Nov 2022