More about the YSPH Covid-19 Pandemic Response

In an exclusive email interview with Contagion, Alexandra Savinkina, MSPH, PhD student specializing in the epidemiology of microbial diseases at the Yale School of Public Health, discusses her research on COVID vaccinations in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Albert Ko, MD, Raj and Indra Nooyi Professor of Public Health and Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases) and of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) at Yale, explains how two different SARS-CoV-2 variants can recombine with each other, causing a new strain.

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.

A mobile laboratory-in-a-van that brings testing services to underserved Connecticut neighborhoods is enabling Yale Pathology of Yale School of Medicine to establish relationships and build trust with community organizations.

YSPH microbiologist Anne Wyllie's creation of the novel diagnostic protocol SalivaDirect dramatically expanded testing access during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, Wyllie and the SalivaDirect team are exploring the use of saliva testing for influenza A and B, and for respiratory syncytial virus.

A new COVID-19 variant nicknamed FLiRT is threatening to cause a summer wave of COVID infections.

As a health care entrepreneur and leader in the White House’s development of some of the most important health care initiatives of the 21st century, Andy Slavitt helped implement the Affordable Care Act and advised the Biden administration on its COVID-19 response. In a recent visit to YSPH, Slavitt shared some of his key communications practices as part of the Leaders in Public Health speakers series.

Dean Megan L. Ranney speaks with former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex M. Azar II

Harlan Krumholz, MD, Harold H. Hines, Jr. Professor of Medicine (Cardiology), and Akiko Iwasaki, PhD, Sterling Professor of Immunobiology and professor of dermatology; of molecular, cellular and developmental biology; and of epidemiology (microbial diseases), discuss the association between long COVID and age, sex, race, and ethnicity.