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Here’s what you need to know about this year’s COVID, flu, and RSV vaccines
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.
10 Sep 2024
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Internal Tremors: Adding to the List of Long COVID Symptoms
An ongoing study by Yale scientists has uncovered another nagging symptom of Long COVID: internal tremors that patients feel but are hard for health providers to detect.
26 Aug 2024
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Updated COVID-19 vaccines are rolling out this week
Updated COVID-19 vaccines are rolling out this week. The new vaccines are designed to be a closer match to the current variants, and experts recommend people get their COVID shot and their flu shot simultaneously to be prepared for fall and winter. Dr. Megan L. Ranney, dean of the Yale School of Public Health, is the featured guest.
Source: NPR
26 Aug 2024
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New Covid shots are coming available. Here’s what experts say about when to get yours
Newly updated vaccines against Covid-19 will be in pharmacies soon, just as the U.S. is experiencing a surge of infections. But is it a good idea to get in line for a new shot pronto, or should you wait a few weeks to get optimal protection against a possible winter wave? YSPH Dean Megan L. Ranney, an emergency physician, offers advice.
Source: CNN
23 Aug 2024
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A new COVID-19 booster was just approved by the FDA. Should you get it right away or wait?
Get ready for another COVID-19 vaccine dose. The Food and Drug Administration just approved new versions of COVID-19 boosters that are designed to better protect against the highly transmissible coronavirus strains that are circulating now.
Source: Today.com
22 Aug 2024
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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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To avoid infection spread, how long a quarantine is sufficient? It depends
Yale School of Public Health researchers assessed how long international travelers should be quarantined to prevent COVID-19 infection rise, finding it differed quite a bit by country.
Source: Yale News
29 May 2024
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Opinion: The Immunology of COVID and the Future
If there's one person you'd want to talk to about immunology, the immune system and COVID, holes in our knowledge base about the complex immune system, and where the field is headed, it would be Professor Iwasaki. And add to that the topic of Women in Science. Here's our wide-ranging conversation.
Source: Medscape
15 May 2024
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COVID-19: New ‘Omics’ Models Show Why Some People Are at Greater Risk of Severe Disease, Death
One of the largest multiomics analyses to date examines hallmarks associated with COVID-19 severity and mortality, and how these factors interact with one another.
1 May 2024
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Common Antibiotic May Be Helpful in Fighting Respiratory Viral Infections
Yale researchers say that nasal application of neomycin shows promise in the prevention and treatment of respiratory viral infections.
Source: Yale News
22 Apr 2024
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Excess Deaths During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Most analyses regarding the excess risk of death during the COVID-19 pandemic have relied on summary data. However, a recent study published in the International Journal of Epidemiology instead analyzed individual patient-level data based on medical records from the largest integrated healthcare system in the United States.
11 Mar 2024
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New COVID isolation guidelines shorten stay-at-home time
On March 1, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention made a major change to its isolation guidelines for respiratory illnesses, including COVID-19. Some experts worry that the shortened isolation period risks increasing transmission in some populations. YSPH Associate Professor Jason L. Schwartz discusses the new guidelines in this installment of 3 Essential Questions.
8 Mar 2024
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COVID guidelines could soon change, what do CT experts think?
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is considering reducing its COVID-19 isolation protocols from five days to one day for some people, under certain circumstances. YSPH Professor Albert Ko believes that the CDC is trying to bring its recommendations in line with the reality on the ground.
Source: CT Insider
15 Feb 2024
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What Would It Mean for Scientists to Listen to Patients?
People with post-viral illnesses often feel shut out of the scientific establishment. Two renowned Yale researchers are attempting to bring them in.
Source: The New Yorker
23 Jan 2024
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Why many more people are lining up for a flu shot than a Covid vaccine
Americans who regularly get a flu shot are just the type of people you’d expect would routinely get vaccinated against Covid. Yet as the statistics reveal, even many of them appear to have declined the latest booster. YSPH Associate Professor Jason Schwartz sees the discrepancy as a warning sign.
Source: STAT
22 Jan 2024
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Why are 1,500 Americans still dying from COVID every week?
More than three years into the pandemic, hundreds of Americans are still dying from COVID-19 every week. YSPH Dean Dr. Megan L. Ranney discusses the underutilization of Paxlovid for treatment.
Source: ABC News
10 Jan 2024
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With COVID, flu and RSV surging, when and where should you wear a mask?
The new year is kicking off with a spike in respiratory illnesses across the U.S., including COVID-19, flu, and respiratory syncytial virus. Considering all the circulating illnesses right now, it might be time for masking to make a comeback, experts say. YSPH Professor Albert Ko is featured.
Source: Today.com
9 Jan 2024
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The U.S. is starting 2024 in its second-largest COVID surge ever, experts say
With the U.S. in the middle of a COVID surge, it's time to make sure you're vaccinated and return to masking, experts say. YSPH Professor Dr. Albert Ko is featured.
Source: Today.com
5 Jan 2024
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JAMA: Stress as a Risk Factor for Mental Disorders in a Gendered Environment
A Viewpoint published in the journal JAMA Psychiatry reminds us that U.S. population data indicate that women are more likely than men to experience psychosocial stressors and, as a consequence, this interpretation of increased “vulnerability” may not capture the higher risk for exposure of women to stress in our gendered environment.
15 Dec 2023