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Will the FDA change how it vets drugs following the Alzheimer’s debacle?
The accelerated approval of aducanumab has triggered US lawmakers to push for more oversight from the agency.
Source: Nature
13 May 2022
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4 questions about long Covid experts wish they could answer
Harlan Krumholz and Akiko Iwasaki race to understand what exactly long Covid is and its risk factors.
Source: Vox
12 May 2022
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Disparities Persist in Positive Cardiac Longevity Trend
One of the first national studies to measure long-term patient outcomes following a heart attack has found positive overall trends, but those benefits do not extend to low-income and Black communities, according to a new study in JAMA Cardiology.
4 May 2022
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COVID: Beijing residents stock up as city braces for new wave
Residents of the Chinese capital rushed to stock up on food and supplies over the last two days, as dozens of new cases emerged in the city. Many fear a lockdown similar to what happened in Shanghai.
Source: DW
26 Apr 2022
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The E-Cigarette Flavor Debate — Promoting Adolescent and Adult Welfare
The growing popularity of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) over the past decade has complicated tobacco policymaking by pitting two tobacco-control interests squarely against each other. On one side is the goal of reducing high rates of adolescent e-cigarette use (vaping). On the other is the goal of harnessing vaping’s potential to help smokers quit. But some policies intended to support only one of these two goals could undermine the other.
Source: The New England Journal of Medicine
23 Apr 2022
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Shanghai’s Low Covid Death Toll Revives Questions About China’s Numbers
The country’s largest city has recorded just 17 Covid deaths, despite surging cases. How China defines a Covid death may be part of the reason.
Source: The New York Times
20 Apr 2022
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The rise of COVID-19 cases around the world
CGTN's Mike Walter speaks with Xi Chen, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Public Health (Health Policy) and Associate Professor at the Institution for Social and Policy Studies at the Yale School of Public Health, about the latest lockdown measures throughout China and what the future holds for residents there.
13 Apr 2022
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Persistent Racial and Ethnic Disparities Found in Sleep Duration
A new Yale study finds increasingly persistent racial and ethnic disparities when it comes to how many hours individuals sleep per day.
Source: Yale News
7 Apr 2022
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Loss of federal COVID-19 funding could mean end of key research projects, free tests and vaccines for uninsured in Connecticut
Congress’s failure to include a fresh infusion of COVID-19 funding in President Joe Biden’s recent spending bill means no more federal money for some research projects.
Source: The Hartford Courant
1 Apr 2022
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Will Omicron finally overpower China’s COVID defences?
The country needs to control the virus until it has boosted vaccination rates in elderly people and reinforced the health-care system.
Source: Nature
28 Mar 2022
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China's zero-Covid policy is showing signs of strain. But ditching it now could be a disaster
For nearly two years, China's daily Covid caseload rarely extended into triple digits, and often weeks went by without a single case.
Source: CNN
21 Mar 2022
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Health & Veritas: Hope for Sickle Cell Patients (Ep. 25)
On the Health & Veritas podcast, Yale physician-professors Howard Forman and Harlan Krumholz talk about the latest news and ideas in healthcare and seek out the truth amid the noise. In the latest episode, they’re joined by Dr. Lakshmanan Krishnamurti, chief of pediatric hematology and oncology at the Yale School of Medicine and an expert on sickle cell disease.
Source: Yale Insights
17 Mar 2022
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Loss of funding for Covid treatments, vaccines puts the uninsured in a 'catastrophic' place, advocates say
The White House has warned that a Covid program that reimburses doctors and medical providers the cost of testing, treating and vaccinating the uninsured is set to expire.
Source: NBC News
17 Mar 2022
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Why is it so hard to compensate people for serious vaccine side effects?
Though very rare, complications from shots can shatter lives and trust. Now the federal programs designed to help them are struggling with COVID-19.
Source: National Geographic
11 Mar 2022
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A Yale economist on taming rising hospital prices while maintaining quality
Over the last two decades, the U.S. hospital sector has seen nearly 2,000 mergers and significant consolidation. During this period, prices for hospital services have grown markedly faster than inflation, driving up health spending and insurance premiums. Concerns about rising health care costs have led to proposals in various state houses and in Congress to regulate these prices.
Source: Yale News
7 Mar 2022
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China quietly plans a pivot from ‘zero COVID’
Scientists are studying how to live with the virus while avoiding a crisis like in Hong Kong.
Source: Science
1 Mar 2022
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Newly Elected Members of Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering
CASE has elected a total of 35 new members, of whom 15 are from YSM/YSPH and three others are from FAS.
22 Feb 2022
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White House Isn’t Rushing to Copy Dem Guvs’ New ‘COVID-Normal’
President Biden appears to be outpaced by many fellow Democrats in reliably blue cities and states who have announced rollbacks in masking and vaccination mandates in recent days.
Source: Daily Beast
18 Feb 2022
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Does Omicron spell the end of Covid-zero in China?
Covid-zero was once a dream pursued by a lot of countries, Australia included. But the arrival of highly transmissible variants, Delta and then Omicron, has brought an end to such aspirations for many, from New Zealand to Singapore and Western Australia.
Source: ABC
6 Feb 2022
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Experts question unusual authorization plan for Covid vaccine for kids under 5
The Food and Drug Administration’s willingness to consider authorizing a Covid-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech for children under the age of 5 — without evidence yet that it would be protective — is raising concerns among some vaccine experts who fear the plan could backfire and undermine vaccine uptake in this group.
Source: Stat
2 Feb 2022