Search Results < Yale School of Public Health

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Ambient heat during pregnancy linked to increased risk of childhood cancer
Yale School of Public Health researchers evaluate the association between exposure to hot temperatures during pregnancy and the risk of cancer in children.
3 Jul 2024
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Josh Warren: From clear, organized messaging comes a diversity of statistical usage
This Spotlight on Teaching focuses on Josh Warren, associate professor of biostatistics, who teaches Bayesian Statistics and its widespread applicability.
10 Jan 2024
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Researchers Connect Air Pollution to Hospital Readmissions for Stroke
A team led by Yale School of Public Health (YSPH) researchers has found a significant connection between long-term exposure to common air pollutants and hospital readmissions among people who have had a stroke. The finding suggests the need to reevaluate air pollution regulations in the U.S.
6 Mar 2023
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Biostatistics Modelers Pioneering a New Direction for Public Health Investigations
Data scientists in the Yale School of Public Health’s Department of Biostatistics are using advanced mathematical modeling to help public health professionals identify effective interventions and strategies to address today’s complex public health issues. By applying creative computer simulation and analysis, our scientists are pioneering new ways of investigating public health data in situations where more traditional forms of research are difficult to do due to logistical, temporal, or other barriers.
10 Jan 2023
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YSPH-led Study Identifies Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Strains Spreading in Moldova
Public health experts are getting a better picture of drug-resistant tuberculosis in Moldova, thanks to the efforts of a coalition of researchers from across the world led by scientists at the Yale School of Public Health.
10 Mar 2022
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Black and Hispanic Neighborhoods Had Fewer COVID Testing Sites, Yale Study Finds
A new study by Yale researchers finds that, due to structural racism, the populations most at risk for contracting and dying from COVID-19 — Black, Indigenous, and LatinX populations— had less access to COVID-19 testing centers.
24 Feb 2022
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Researchers use mobile device data to predict COVID-19 outbreaks
Researchers at the Yale School of Public Health say they were able to accurately predict outbreaks of COVID-19 in Connecticut municipalities using anonymous location information from mobile devices.
23 Jan 2022
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Resistance to Antimalarial Drugs Measured, Mapped by YSPH Researchers
A team of researchers at the Yale School of Public Health is contributing to scaling up surveillance efforts for drug-resistant malaria in Africa as the situation becomes increasingly urgent.
16 Jul 2021
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Covidestim: The Latest Coronavirus Data State by State, County by County
A team of epidemiologists at the Yale School of Public Health and the T.H. Chan Harvard School of Public Health have created a series of models that show in real-time the latest COVID-19 levels county by county throughout the United States.
8 Oct 2020
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Shale drilling activity linked to increased sexually transmitted infections in Texas
Researchers at the Yale School of Public Health have found that rates of two sexually transmitted infections (STIs), gonorrhea and chlamydia, are 15% and 10% higher, respectively, in Texas counties with high shale drilling activity (“fracking”), compared to counties without any fracking.
12 Jan 2020
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Oil and Gas Wastewater Wells Disproportionately Located in Lower Income Communities in Ohio, Yale School of Public Health study finds
A new study in Ohio led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health finds that oil and gas waste disposal wells are disproportionately located in communities that have lower per capita incomes and lower population density.
19 Jul 2018
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Tuberculosis Transmission Between Residents and Migrants in Shanghai Revealed Through Genomic and Spatial Analysis
Tuberculosis, an infectious disease that is transmitted by coughing, is the leading cause of death attributable to a single pathogen. In China, which has the second highest number of tuberculosis cases in the world, massive rural-to-urban population shifts over the past 15 years have coincided with large increases of the disease in cities.
24 Apr 2018
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Tuberculosis Transmission Between Residents and Migrants in Shanghai Revealed Through Genomic and Spatial Analysis
Tuberculosis, an infectious disease that is transmitted by coughing, is the leading cause of death attributable to a single pathogen. In China, which has the second highest number of tuberculosis cases in the world, massive rural-to-urban population shifts over the past 15 years have coincided with large increases of the disease in cities.
24 Apr 2018
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Counties with fracking have increased rates of sexually transmitted infections
Researchers at the Yale School of Public Health have discovered that the rates of two major sexually transmitted infections (STIs), gonorrhea and chlamydia, are 21% and 19% higher, respectively, in Ohio counties with high shale gas activity ("fracking"), compared to counties without any fracking. Rates of a third STI, syphilis, were not elevated.
26 Mar 2018
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Legionnaires' Disease Risk Linked to Certain River Areas in Connecticut
The number of Connecticut cases of Legionnaires’ disease has increased in recent years, and a new Yale School of Public Health study indicates that people living near the Quinebaug and Naugatuck river watersheds have the highest risk of catching the illness.
Source: The Hartford Courant
5 Dec 2017
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Meningioma Diagnosis Shown to Impact Patient’s Quality of Life
Meningiomas — tumors that arise from the lining of the brain and spinal cord — have recently been in the news with celebrities Kate Walsh and Maria Menounos sharing their initial shock upon diagnosis and their experiences with side effects such as memory loss, confusion and physical weakness months after surgery.
28 Sep 2017
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Researchers to launch fracking study
Researchers from the Yale Schools of Public Health, Forestry and Environmental Studies and Engineering and Applied Science are joining forces to launch a new study on the health effects of hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking.
Source: Yale Daily News
1 Sep 2017
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Yale team uses Google analytical tool to gauge vaccine effectiveness
Using a statistical method initially developed by Google, a Yale School of Public Health-led research team has devised a novel way to better analyze the impact of vaccines. The research was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
30 Jan 2017
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Fewer Doses of Antibody for Pneumonia, Bronchiolitis Possible, YSPH-led Study Finds
Respiratory Syncytial Virus, or RSV, is the most common cause of bronchiolitis and pneumonia in U.S. children under the age of one. While there is no current vaccine, children at high risk for RSV can receive a preventive therapy, consisting of five injections of an antibody to keep the virus at bay during the winter months, when epidemics are common.
23 Apr 2015