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"I came here to survive," wrote Dr. Eman Salih. "Yale empowered me to thrive— and to help others do the same."
Read Dr. Salih's story, in her own words, in our latest Science & Society magazine: m.yale.edu/dfn3
Read Dr. Salih's story, in her own words, in our latest Science & Society magazine: m.yale.edu/dfn3
February 2, 2026 at 2:01 PM
"I came here to survive," wrote Dr. Eman Salih. "Yale empowered me to thrive— and to help others do the same."
Read Dr. Salih's story, in her own words, in our latest Science & Society magazine: m.yale.edu/dfn3
Read Dr. Salih's story, in her own words, in our latest Science & Society magazine: m.yale.edu/dfn3
Harmonizing for Health, a collaboration between YSPH, NYC Health + Hospitals (the largest municipal hospital system in the country), and Juilliard Extension, seeks to identify the unique role music could have in relieving health care staff burnout and compassion fatigue.
https://ow.ly/M7Zi50Y5CQ3
https://ow.ly/M7Zi50Y5CQ3
Yale researchers helping NYC Health + Hospitals address staff burnout through music
Harmonizing for Health, a collaboration between the Yale School of Public Health, NYC Health + Hospitals, and Juilliard Extension, seeks to identify the unique
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January 30, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Harmonizing for Health, a collaboration between YSPH, NYC Health + Hospitals (the largest municipal hospital system in the country), and Juilliard Extension, seeks to identify the unique role music could have in relieving health care staff burnout and compassion fatigue.
https://ow.ly/M7Zi50Y5CQ3
https://ow.ly/M7Zi50Y5CQ3
STAT has named Katelyn Jetelina as an influencer shaping health information online.
Dr. Jetelina is a faculty member at the Yale School of Public Health and the founder of Your Local Epidemiologist, a newsletter that reaches over 425,000 readers across 132 countries.
https://ow.ly/Gc3N50Y4XBX
Dr. Jetelina is a faculty member at the Yale School of Public Health and the founder of Your Local Epidemiologist, a newsletter that reaches over 425,000 readers across 132 countries.
https://ow.ly/Gc3N50Y4XBX
9 influencers shaping health information online, for better or worse
The qualified medical experts, the pseudoscientific entertainers, and the MAHA mobilizers leading online health content today.
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January 29, 2026 at 2:02 PM
STAT has named Katelyn Jetelina as an influencer shaping health information online.
Dr. Jetelina is a faculty member at the Yale School of Public Health and the founder of Your Local Epidemiologist, a newsletter that reaches over 425,000 readers across 132 countries.
https://ow.ly/Gc3N50Y4XBX
Dr. Jetelina is a faculty member at the Yale School of Public Health and the founder of Your Local Epidemiologist, a newsletter that reaches over 425,000 readers across 132 countries.
https://ow.ly/Gc3N50Y4XBX
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During an upcoming Harvard Chan Studio event, two deans of leading schools of public health—@meganranney.bsky.social of @yalesph.bsky.social and @deanbaccarelli.bsky.social—will explore how to navigate a rapidly evolving landscape in public health education.
Register to join us on Feb 5 at 1 pm ET:
Register to join us on Feb 5 at 1 pm ET:
Leading public health schools today and tomorrow: A conversation with Deans Megan Ranney and Andrea Baccarelli | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
In this fireside chat, two deans of leading schools of public health will explore how to navigate a rapidly evolving landscape in public health education.
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January 28, 2026 at 10:51 PM
During an upcoming Harvard Chan Studio event, two deans of leading schools of public health—@meganranney.bsky.social of @yalesph.bsky.social and @deanbaccarelli.bsky.social—will explore how to navigate a rapidly evolving landscape in public health education.
Register to join us on Feb 5 at 1 pm ET:
Register to join us on Feb 5 at 1 pm ET:
PopHIVE is excited to announce the launch of a new dashboard on injury & overdose.
Explore a variety of data sets related to firearm injuries, motor vehicle accidents, overdoses, heat-related illness, falls, and more.
🔗 www.pophive.org/injury-overdose/
Explore a variety of data sets related to firearm injuries, motor vehicle accidents, overdoses, heat-related illness, falls, and more.
🔗 www.pophive.org/injury-overdose/
January 28, 2026 at 6:26 PM
PopHIVE is excited to announce the launch of a new dashboard on injury & overdose.
Explore a variety of data sets related to firearm injuries, motor vehicle accidents, overdoses, heat-related illness, falls, and more.
🔗 www.pophive.org/injury-overdose/
Explore a variety of data sets related to firearm injuries, motor vehicle accidents, overdoses, heat-related illness, falls, and more.
🔗 www.pophive.org/injury-overdose/
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In 2022, Dr. Foege joined us for a final, profound conversation on the history of global health. He left our students with a simple message:
“Get the science right. Add art. Get a moral compass. Put those three things together, and now you have moral, creative, common sense at its best.”
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“Get the science right. Add art. Get a moral compass. Put those three things together, and now you have moral, creative, common sense at its best.”
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January 28, 2026 at 2:34 PM
In 2022, Dr. Foege joined us for a final, profound conversation on the history of global health. He left our students with a simple message:
“Get the science right. Add art. Get a moral compass. Put those three things together, and now you have moral, creative, common sense at its best.”
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“Get the science right. Add art. Get a moral compass. Put those three things together, and now you have moral, creative, common sense at its best.”
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We are deeply saddened by the passing of Dr. William H. Foege, MD, who died this weekend after an iconic public health career.
Dr. Foege was pivotal in the global vaccination campaign that led to the eradication of smallpox — the first time in history that an infectious disease was defeated.
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Dr. Foege was pivotal in the global vaccination campaign that led to the eradication of smallpox — the first time in history that an infectious disease was defeated.
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January 28, 2026 at 2:34 PM
We are deeply saddened by the passing of Dr. William H. Foege, MD, who died this weekend after an iconic public health career.
Dr. Foege was pivotal in the global vaccination campaign that led to the eradication of smallpox — the first time in history that an infectious disease was defeated.
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Dr. Foege was pivotal in the global vaccination campaign that led to the eradication of smallpox — the first time in history that an infectious disease was defeated.
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We are delighted to announce that, following an international search, Dr. Magdalena Cerdá, DrPH, MPH ’99, has been appointed Chair of the Department of Chronic Disease Epidemiology at Yale School of Public Health.
Read more: m.yale.edu/dfk2
Read more: m.yale.edu/dfk2
January 27, 2026 at 2:48 PM
We are delighted to announce that, following an international search, Dr. Magdalena Cerdá, DrPH, MPH ’99, has been appointed Chair of the Department of Chronic Disease Epidemiology at Yale School of Public Health.
Read more: m.yale.edu/dfk2
Read more: m.yale.edu/dfk2
Yale epidemiologist Dr. Amy Bei is pursuing a radical new approach to fighting malaria: vaccines that not only protect individuals from infection but stop entire communities from spreading the potentially deadly disease.
Learn how her team is meeting malaria where it lives: m.yale.edu/dfbk
Learn how her team is meeting malaria where it lives: m.yale.edu/dfbk
January 23, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Yale epidemiologist Dr. Amy Bei is pursuing a radical new approach to fighting malaria: vaccines that not only protect individuals from infection but stop entire communities from spreading the potentially deadly disease.
Learn how her team is meeting malaria where it lives: m.yale.edu/dfbk
Learn how her team is meeting malaria where it lives: m.yale.edu/dfbk
We are excited to announce that Doctor Mike Varshavski — the most popular doctor in the world with over 30 million followers — will be joining Dean @meganranney.bsky.social for a fireside chat on Feb 10.
This event is open to members of the Yale community only. Register now: m.yale.edu/dfgk.
This event is open to members of the Yale community only. Register now: m.yale.edu/dfgk.
January 22, 2026 at 4:08 PM
We are excited to announce that Doctor Mike Varshavski — the most popular doctor in the world with over 30 million followers — will be joining Dean @meganranney.bsky.social for a fireside chat on Feb 10.
This event is open to members of the Yale community only. Register now: m.yale.edu/dfgk.
This event is open to members of the Yale community only. Register now: m.yale.edu/dfgk.
Dearest gentle readers,
January arrives not merely with resolutions, but with the most charitable of deeds, for it is Blood Donor Month.
How splendid it is that one may usher in the new year by saving lives with the simplest of gestures.
We do hope every eligible person heeds this honorable call.
January arrives not merely with resolutions, but with the most charitable of deeds, for it is Blood Donor Month.
How splendid it is that one may usher in the new year by saving lives with the simplest of gestures.
We do hope every eligible person heeds this honorable call.
January 21, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Dearest gentle readers,
January arrives not merely with resolutions, but with the most charitable of deeds, for it is Blood Donor Month.
How splendid it is that one may usher in the new year by saving lives with the simplest of gestures.
We do hope every eligible person heeds this honorable call.
January arrives not merely with resolutions, but with the most charitable of deeds, for it is Blood Donor Month.
How splendid it is that one may usher in the new year by saving lives with the simplest of gestures.
We do hope every eligible person heeds this honorable call.
A surge in colorectal cancer among people under 50 in the United States has both doctors and the cancer research community deeply concerned.
A new study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health may provide important insights:
m.yale.edu/dd3w
A new study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health may provide important insights:
m.yale.edu/dd3w
YSPH study provides new insights into colorectal cancer
Yale School of Public Health researchers have found that reduced levels of a certain metabolite in younger cancer patients may be associated with early-onset
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January 21, 2026 at 5:00 PM
A surge in colorectal cancer among people under 50 in the United States has both doctors and the cancer research community deeply concerned.
A new study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health may provide important insights:
m.yale.edu/dd3w
A new study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health may provide important insights:
m.yale.edu/dd3w
Two illustrious Yale professors and friends, Drs. Curtis Patton and James Comer, are the subject of a new double portrait honoring their careers.
Read about Patton's legacy of community in the latest issue of our Science & Society magazine: m.yale.edu/ddrn
Read about Patton's legacy of community in the latest issue of our Science & Society magazine: m.yale.edu/ddrn
January 18, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Two illustrious Yale professors and friends, Drs. Curtis Patton and James Comer, are the subject of a new double portrait honoring their careers.
Read about Patton's legacy of community in the latest issue of our Science & Society magazine: m.yale.edu/ddrn
Read about Patton's legacy of community in the latest issue of our Science & Society magazine: m.yale.edu/ddrn
A new pair of studies from Prof. Joan K. Monin, as well as collaborators, suggests that when a parent is living with dementia or depression, the consequent financial stress becomes a hidden source of emotional turmoil for millions of U.S. families.
https://m.yale.edu/dd86
https://m.yale.edu/dd86
New research examines the impacts of financial strain on adult caregivers
A new pair of studies from Yale School of Public Health suggests that when a parent is living with dementia or depression, the consequent financial stress
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January 17, 2026 at 5:30 PM
A new pair of studies from Prof. Joan K. Monin, as well as collaborators, suggests that when a parent is living with dementia or depression, the consequent financial stress becomes a hidden source of emotional turmoil for millions of U.S. families.
https://m.yale.edu/dd86
https://m.yale.edu/dd86
In a new interdisciplinary Yale study, researchers found that SARS-CoV-2 — the virus responsible for COVID-19 — is weakening within the animal kingdom: https://news.yale.edu/2026/01/09/sars-cov-2-decline-animals-study-finds
January 16, 2026 at 5:30 PM
In a new interdisciplinary Yale study, researchers found that SARS-CoV-2 — the virus responsible for COVID-19 — is weakening within the animal kingdom: https://news.yale.edu/2026/01/09/sars-cov-2-decline-animals-study-finds
Researchers at the Yale School of Public Health estimate that the United States could reduce its annual spending on outpatient prescription drugs by $184 billion — a 51% decrease — if domestic prices were aligned with those in other high-income nations.
https://m.yale.edu/dd85
https://m.yale.edu/dd85
Yale study: U.S. could save $184 billion by aligning drug prices with peer nations
Researchers at the Yale School of Public Health estimate that the United States could reduce its annual spending on outpatient prescription drugs by $184
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January 15, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Researchers at the Yale School of Public Health estimate that the United States could reduce its annual spending on outpatient prescription drugs by $184 billion — a 51% decrease — if domestic prices were aligned with those in other high-income nations.
https://m.yale.edu/dd85
https://m.yale.edu/dd85
Congratulations to YSPH's @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social & @annezinkmd.bsky.social, who have been appointed to the Board of Advisers of the Vaccine Integrity Project, a new initiative launched by the University of Minnesota that provides trusted, science-based information on vaccines.
Schwartz, Zink to serve on vaccine integrity advisory board
Dr. Jason L. Schwartz, PhD, and Dr. Anne Zink, MD, have been appointed to the Board of Advisers of the Vaccine Integrity Project, a new initiative launched by
m.yale.edu
January 14, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Congratulations to YSPH's @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social & @annezinkmd.bsky.social, who have been appointed to the Board of Advisers of the Vaccine Integrity Project, a new initiative launched by the University of Minnesota that provides trusted, science-based information on vaccines.
We are thrilled to share that Dr. Deb Houry MD, MPH, a nationally recognized physician and public health leader, has joined the Yale School of Public Health as a lecturer and senior fellow in the Department of Chronic Disease Epidemiology.
Read more: m.yale.edu/dd7p
Read more: m.yale.edu/dd7p
January 12, 2026 at 4:07 PM
We are thrilled to share that Dr. Deb Houry MD, MPH, a nationally recognized physician and public health leader, has joined the Yale School of Public Health as a lecturer and senior fellow in the Department of Chronic Disease Epidemiology.
Read more: m.yale.edu/dd7p
Read more: m.yale.edu/dd7p
The CDC's new childhood immunization schedule represents one of the most dramatic changes in childhood disease prevention policy in decades.
Keep reading for what parents should know ⬇️
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Keep reading for what parents should know ⬇️
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January 7, 2026 at 5:40 PM
The CDC's new childhood immunization schedule represents one of the most dramatic changes in childhood disease prevention policy in decades.
Keep reading for what parents should know ⬇️
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Keep reading for what parents should know ⬇️
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Recent Yale School of Public Health research explores:
➡️ A new approach for improving genetic risk prediction using electronic health records
➡️ How interstate gun trafficking impacts firearm research
➡️ How deteriorating neighborhoods impact health
Read more ➡️ m.yale.edu/ddtg
➡️ A new approach for improving genetic risk prediction using electronic health records
➡️ How interstate gun trafficking impacts firearm research
➡️ How deteriorating neighborhoods impact health
Read more ➡️ m.yale.edu/ddtg
Studies focusing on deteriorating neighborhoods, electronic health records, and gun trafficking highlight this month's research roundup
December's Research Roundup highlights a new approach for improving genetic risk prediction using electronic health records, how interstate gun trafficking
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January 6, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Recent Yale School of Public Health research explores:
➡️ A new approach for improving genetic risk prediction using electronic health records
➡️ How interstate gun trafficking impacts firearm research
➡️ How deteriorating neighborhoods impact health
Read more ➡️ m.yale.edu/ddtg
➡️ A new approach for improving genetic risk prediction using electronic health records
➡️ How interstate gun trafficking impacts firearm research
➡️ How deteriorating neighborhoods impact health
Read more ➡️ m.yale.edu/ddtg
A Yale study finds that existing facilities lag, providing important insights for policymakers looking to improve access to and quality of care. ⬇️
https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/medicaid-reimbursement-boosts-access-to-opioid-treatment/
https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/medicaid-reimbursement-boosts-access-to-opioid-treatment/
Medicaid reimbursement boosts access to opioid treatment at new facilities
Yale School of Public Health researchers say that a dramatic increase in the use of opioid disorder medications in residential treatment facilities over the
ysph.yale.edu
January 5, 2026 at 9:00 PM
A Yale study finds that existing facilities lag, providing important insights for policymakers looking to improve access to and quality of care. ⬇️
https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/medicaid-reimbursement-boosts-access-to-opioid-treatment/
https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/medicaid-reimbursement-boosts-access-to-opioid-treatment/
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Our recent paper, "Optimal Annual COVID-19 Vaccine Boosting Dates Following Previous Booster Vaccination or Breakthrough Infection", is amongst the most-read recent articles in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
Maybe because everyone can benefit from reading it?
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Maybe because everyone can benefit from reading it?
academic.oup.com/cid/article-...
Optimal Annual COVID-19 Vaccine Boosting Dates Following Previous Booster Vaccination or Breakthrough Infection
Optimal timing for COVID-19 boosters improves their efficacy. There is an optimal delay of boosters after breakthrough infection. Our analysis enables bene
academic.oup.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Our recent paper, "Optimal Annual COVID-19 Vaccine Boosting Dates Following Previous Booster Vaccination or Breakthrough Infection", is amongst the most-read recent articles in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
Maybe because everyone can benefit from reading it?
academic.oup.com/cid/article-...
Maybe because everyone can benefit from reading it?
academic.oup.com/cid/article-...
⚠️ Measles update: As of December 22, the U.S. has now seen 2,003 measles cases this year.
📍 The large outbreak on the Utah–Arizona border continues to grow.
📍 The outbreak in South Carolina continues to increase.
📍 Rockland County, New York, is also experiencing an outbreak.
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📍 The large outbreak on the Utah–Arizona border continues to grow.
📍 The outbreak in South Carolina continues to increase.
📍 Rockland County, New York, is also experiencing an outbreak.
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December 23, 2025 at 4:35 PM
⚠️ Measles update: As of December 22, the U.S. has now seen 2,003 measles cases this year.
📍 The large outbreak on the Utah–Arizona border continues to grow.
📍 The outbreak in South Carolina continues to increase.
📍 Rockland County, New York, is also experiencing an outbreak.
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📍 The large outbreak on the Utah–Arizona border continues to grow.
📍 The outbreak in South Carolina continues to increase.
📍 Rockland County, New York, is also experiencing an outbreak.
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Once a week since the fall of 2021, Professors @thehowie.bsky.social and @hmkyale.bsky.social have sat down in front of their microphones to, as they put it, “get closer to the truth about health and healthcare.”
The result is the Health & Veritas podcast, which posted its 200th episode last week.
The result is the Health & Veritas podcast, which posted its 200th episode last week.
‘Health & Veritas’ Podcast Marks 200 Episodes
The podcast, hosted by physician-professors Howard Forman and Harlan Krumholz, features lively, informed conversations on health, healthcare, and policy.
som.yale.edu
December 23, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Once a week since the fall of 2021, Professors @thehowie.bsky.social and @hmkyale.bsky.social have sat down in front of their microphones to, as they put it, “get closer to the truth about health and healthcare.”
The result is the Health & Veritas podcast, which posted its 200th episode last week.
The result is the Health & Veritas podcast, which posted its 200th episode last week.
A new report from researchers at 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.
New report sounds alarm on health fallout from mRNA vaccine funding cuts
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
ysph.yale.edu
December 22, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A new report from researchers at 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.