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March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. In this 3 Essential Questions feature, Yale School of Public Health’s Dr. Caroline Johnson and Dr. Sunny Siddique answer your key colon cancer questions.

A new study led by researchers from the Yale School of Public Health and Mass General Brigham finds that a procedure called red blood cell exchange transfusion significantly improved outcomes for patients hospitalized with severe babesiosis, a potentially life-threatening disease spread by ticks.

As a part of Yale University President Maurie McInnis’ Presidential Lecture Series, Harvey Fineberg, an emeritus professor at Harvard’s public health school, spoke about the importance of investing in scientific research.

Yale School of Public Health Community Scholar Nelba Marquez-Greene, LMFT, was one of the guest speakers at the 2026 Healing the Generations conference. The conference offers providers from various care settings a venue to talk about inter-generational trauma.

Despite stereotypes that the body and brain automatically decline as people get older, new YSPH research shows that many people are more like fine wine: improving with age.

Feeling positive about one’s future seems to affect a person’s health by influencing their behaviors, says Dr. Becca Levy, a professor of public health and psychology at Yale University.

Children are the primary transmitters of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection in the community because of their higher viral loads and longer viral shedding durations, according to new data presented by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.

YSPH researcher Dr. Becca Levy found that nearly half of adults over 65 did better on tests of cognitive and physical function as they aged.

$5 million is earmarked for the Yale School of Public Health’s Humanitarian Research Lab, a key player in documenting the forced transfer of Ukrainian children into Russia’s custody. But whether the money will arrive before the lab's possible May 1 closure remains to be seen.