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A landmark Supreme Court decision that reins in federal agencies’ authority is expected to hold dramatic consequences for the nation’s health care system, calling into question government rules on anything from consumer protections for patients to drug safety to nursing home care. YSPH Professor Dr. Joseph Ross provides insight.
- June 27, 2024Source: CNN
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday, June 27, 2024, dismissed an appeal of Idaho’s strict abortion ban. The decision means that emergency abortions will be allowed in Idaho – for now. Yale School of Public Health Dean and emergency physician Dr. Megan Ranney joined CNN on June 26, when the opinion was briefly leaked, to talk about the implications of the decision.
- June 26, 2024Source: Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology
The first issue of JACC, the flagship journal of the American College of Cardiology, under new Editor-in-Chief Harlan M. Krumholz, MD, SM, FACC, published this week, ushering in a new era of one of the world’s leading scholarly journals.
- June 25, 2024Source: NBC News Meet the Press
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy declares gun violence a public health crisis. Dr. Megan Ranney, Dean of the Yale School of Public Health, joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss the details of the report.
- June 24, 2024Source: Yale News
Rising health care prices in the U.S. are leading employers outside the health care sector to reduce their payroll and decrease their number of employees, according to a new study co-authored by economist and Yale School of Public Health Associate Professor Zack Cooper.
- June 24, 2024
Dr. Chelsea Clinton was one of several keynote speakers to appear at this year's Yale Innovation Summit, which is considered Connecticut’s largest entrepreneurship event, attracting over 2,000 innovators, investors, and industry leaders from around the country. Clinton spoke with Yale School of Public Health Dean Megan L. Ranney, MD, about championing health equity through innovation during her Summit appearance.
- June 21, 2024Source: Roll Call
At Aspen Ideas conference, leading experts on the gun violence crisis, including YSPH Dean Megan L. Ranney, MD, called for expanding data collection, increasing federal research funding, and prioritizing community building as critical next steps to stem firearm deaths and improve public health.
- June 19, 2024
YSPH Dean Megan L. Ranney, MD, and Ijeoma Opara, associate professor of social and behavioral sciences, are attending the Aspen Ideas: Health conference June 20-23 in Aspen, Colorado. Ranney will participate in three panel discussions; Opara is an Aspen Ideas: Health Fellow.
- June 14, 2024
The Yale PAX LC Trial’s decentralized, participant-centric design makes it more efficient and cost-effective than standard clinical trials, its investigators say.
- June 13, 2024Source: CNN
Dean Megan Ranney talks to CNN about the public health impact of the Supreme Court’s decision to allow the abortion pill, mifepristone, to remain on the market. “This is a victory for science, this is a victory for our regulatory process, for medications in the United States, and it is of course a victory for women and families, who are seeking access to these medications,” Ranney said. “But the fight is not over.”