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As private companies and academic institutions collaborate with Indigenous communities, they must commit to true partnerships that embody respect, equity and shared benefit, Yale School of Public Health Associate Professor Nicola Hawley and Oceania University of Medicine Professor Satupaitea Viali say in this Nature Genetics commentary.

This series explores the broader implications of recently proposed changes in US policy and funding for science and public health in the US and around the globe. In this story, Dr. Jeremy Schwartz discusses how cuts to USAID funding for HIV programs in Uganda could undermine efforts to integrate mental health care into HIV treatment. This threatens the stability of essential health services for persons living with HIV and several linked health-system strengthening efforts related to non-communicable diseases.

Yale's Erica Spatz, MD, MHS, associate professor of cardiology and of epidemiology, discusses the effects of love on heart health.

Joseph Lewis, MPH '23, and Jessica Robles, MPH ' 23, have remained close to their Yale friends who not only attended their wedding, but aided Lewis’ plan to surprise Robles with an elaborate marriage proposal. At their friends’ urging, Lewis and Robles shared their story as a testament to the meaningful relationships they formed at YSPH.

Yale investigators, in collaboration with other institutions, conducted a new study published in JAMA Psychiatry to investigate how traumatic experiences and adverse events are differentially associated with endometriosis.

It’s National Cancer Prevention Month, which is held in February to promote healthy choices and encourage cancer screenings. Dr. Melinda Irwin, deputy director of the Yale Cancer Center joined WTNH's Good Morning Connecticut at 9 a.m. discuss the top cancer risk factors are and what research has shown may reduce cancer risk.

New research conducted by scientists with the Yale Data Coordinating Center, Yale Center for Statistical Analysis, and Yale Program on Aging, in collaboration with colleagues from UCLA, compared different approaches to dementia care for people with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. The results were mixed.

Yale's F. Perry Wilson, MD, assistant professor of medicine (nephrology) and of public health (chronic disease epidemiology), discusses the link between coffee intake and heart protection

In a new report, scientists at the Yale School of Public Health warn that smoke from the California wildfires can exacerbate cardiovascular problems. They also say the compound extreme weather events that preceded the fires represent a new era in public health in which climate change-driven disasters create new challenges for protecting population health.