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Mobile Lab Helps Yale Pathology Establish Relationships, Build Trust With Community
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.
12 Jul 2024
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Saliva-based tests offer an alternative to nasal swabbing
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.
Source: Nature
11 Jul 2024
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Is Routine COVID-19 Saliva Testing in Childcare an Effective Prevention Measure?
Weekly screenings for COVID-19 using at-home saliva tests were feasible and may mitigate outbreaks among children in childcare environments, according to new research by the Yale School of Nursing and Public Health.
Source: Clinical Advisor
20 Mar 2023
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YSPH Research Scientist Anne Wyllie Discusses Success of SalivaDirect Testing Protocol
Yale School of Public Health Research Scientist Anne Wyllie, principal investigator for the SalivaDirect Initiative, recently discussed an upcoming conference, the success of SalivaDirect, and its potential future applications.
25 Jul 2022
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SalivaDirect Initiative hosts first annual conference on saliva-based testing
The SalivaDirect Initiative of the Yale School of Public Health (YSPH) will host its first annual conference on July 28-29, 2022 in Chicago, Illinois. Bringing together laboratory and industry professionals, researchers, and public health leaders, the agenda delves into the evolving role of saliva-based testing as a diagnostic solution for effective, efficient global emergency response efforts and improved public health, now and into the future.
9 Jul 2022
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SalivaDirect Initiative Named Finalist In ‘World Changing’ Ideas Competition
The winners of Fast Company’s 2022 World Changing Ideas Awards were announced today. The Yale School of Public Health’s SalivaDirect Initiative was named a finalist in the Pandemic Response category.
3 May 2022
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Yale Pathology Labs, Yale School of Public Health Launch Public SalivaDirect™ Saliva PCR Testing Sites in New Haven
Yale Pathology Labs and the Yale School of Public Health have partnered to establish two COVID-19 mobile testing sites in New Haven that offer SalivaDirect™ Saliva PCR Testing to city residents with no pre-registration required.
23 Jan 2022
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Why rapid COVID tests aren't more accurate and how scientists hope to improve them
How much should you trust the results of a rapid antigen test? Researchers are working hard to figure out what's going on with the tests and how to improve them.
Source: NPR
22 Jan 2022
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New COVID-19 Testing Program for Afghan Evacuees Launches in New Haven
SalivaDirect at the Yale School of Public Health provides thousands of COVID-19 tests to hundreds of people with support from The Rockefeller Foundation.
17 Jan 2022
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For Coronavirus Testing, the Nose May Not Always Be Best
As Omicron spreads, some experts are calling for a switch to saliva-based tests, which may detect infections days earlier than nasal swabs do.
Source: The New York Times
13 Jan 2022
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Is Omicron really less severe than Delta? Here's what the science says.
This variant is more transmissible. So how do you protect yourself? And what are the implications for vaccines, masks, hygiene, and social distancing?
Source: National Geographic
10 Jan 2022
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Why at-home antigen tests might be missing early cases of Omicron
Standard-issue antigen tests missed every COVID case in the first days of an infection, at a time when people were demonstrably infectious.
Source: Popular Science
5 Jan 2022
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Emerging Data Raise Questions About Antigen Tests and Nasal Swabs
A new study adds to evidence that common rapid tests may fail to detect some Omicron cases in the first days of infection.
Source: The New York Times
4 Jan 2022
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Yale Student Helping with Launch of National COVID-19 Testing Program in K-12 Schools
A Yale School of Public Health student is helping the U.S. government set up COVID-19 screening programs in K-12 schools across the country.
30 Nov 2021
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FDA authorizes SalivaDirect for pooled COVID-19 testing
SalivaDirect, a Yale-created protocol that allows for greater efficiency in COVID-19 testing, has received FDA emergency use authorization to be used for pooled COVID-19 virus testing of up to five individual samples at a time.
Source: Yale Daily News
8 Nov 2021
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FDA Authorizes Sample Pooling for SalivaDirect PCR COVID-19 Test
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized the SalivaDirect PCR COVID-19 test created by the Yale School of Public Health for use with pooled saliva samples.
Source: Technology Networks Diagnostics
3 Nov 2021
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What It Will Take to Reopen Schools
It is crucial that schools reopen—safely—and it will take leadership, resources, and commitment to make that happen.
Source: Teach For America
25 Jan 2021
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What You Can Do to Avoid the New Coronavirus Variant Right Now
It’s more contagious than the original and spreading quickly. Upgrade your mask and double down on precautions to protect yourself.
Source: New York Times
18 Jan 2021
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renegade.bio Announces Authorization to Offer SalivaDirect(TM) COVID-19 Test
Affordable, Expedited Saliva-based COVID-19 Test Available to Schools, Organizations and Individuals
Source: Access Wire
18 Jan 2021
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We Must Tear Down the Barriers That Impede Scientific Progress
We are in the midst of a once-in-a-generation opportunity to remake our approach to science. This moment, in all its difficult uncertainty—COVID-19, economic turmoil and the crescendo of a long overdue national discussion about racial justice—demonstrates why universities, funders and other research stakeholders should move decisively to embrace open science. By adopting what are called “open science” practices, we can align the incentive structures of research production and consumption with our values, and catalyze the scientific progress our society so desperately needs.
Source: Scientific American
17 Dec 2020