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The Humanitarian Research Lab at Yale School of Public Health estimates that between 30,000 and 100,000 people were killed during the recent seize of El Fasher in Sudan. New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof highlights the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Sudan in a Dec. 24, 2025 opinion piece.

This series spotlights some of the amazing postgraduate researchers in the Department of Microbial Diseases at the Yale School of Public Health. The research conducted by our EMD colleagues addresses some of the most urgent global health challenges. Here, Zeaan Pithawala talks about his impactful research in Dr. Ginny Pitzer's lab in the Public Health Modeling Unit.

This series spotlights some of the amazing postgraduate researchers in the Department of Microbial Diseases at the Yale School of Public Health. The research conducted by our EMD colleagues addresses some of the most urgent global health challenges. Here, Catherine Wenger talks about her impactful research in Dr. Ginny Pitzer's lab in the Public Health Modeling Unit.

A new report from the Yale School of Public Health warns that the U.S. government’s abrupt cancellation of funding for mRNA vaccine research could have devastating health and economic consequences for the nation.

A new strain of flu has global health experts worried that this year's flu season may be particularly severe. YSPH Senior Fellow Dr. Anne Zink warns that flu surges can affect timely diagnosis and treatment and add strain to overtaxed health care systems.

The integration of methadone into primary care improves addiction outcomes and overall health in a landmark Ukrainian trial.

Dumped in canals and buried in mass graves: CNN, using information provided by the Yale School of Public Health's Humanitarian Research Lab and other sources, investigates how Sudan’s army carried out ethnically targeted killings.

Yale Humanitarian Research Lab finds Sudanese paramilitary group likely buried, burned, and removed human remains after El-Fasher massacre.

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