Paddy Gavin
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Patient sues YNHH for botched surgery

Milford resident Deborah Craven filed a lawsuit last week against the Yale-New Haven Medical Center and the University for negligence and unfair trade practices.

Second student tested for meningitis

A second Yale College student has been tested for bacterial meningitis, according to a Tuesday email to the Yale community from Director of Yale Health Paul Genecin.

Student with meningitis re-hospitalized

The Silliman freshman who was treated last month for meningitis has been re-hospitalized in another state for a possible recurrence of the infection, according to a Friday afternoon email from Director of Yale Health Paul Genecin to the Yale community.

YNHHS, L+M committed to affiliation, despite executive order

Despite last week’s executive order signed by Gov. Dannel Malloy halting the proposed affiliation between the Yale-New Haven Health System and the Lawrence+Memorial Hospital in New London, Connecticut, both hospitals remain committed to the affiliation.

55 receive meningitis vaccine

A week after the diagnosis of a Silliman freshman with the rare serogroup B variety of bacterial meningitis, Yale Health has vaccinated approximately 55 members of the Yale community against the strain, according to Director of Yale Health Paul Genecin. No new cases of meningitis have since been reported, and the infected student has been discharged from Yale-New Haven Hospital after receiving treatment, according to the New Haven Health Department.

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Students reflect on reinstatement reforms

In the wake of Wang’s death and subsequent student activism, Yale College Dean Jonathan Holloway announced in April a host of reforms designed to make the withdrawal and reinstatement processes more flexible and transparent.

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Meningitis suspected in Silliman

A female freshman in Silliman College was admitted to Yale-New Haven Hospital Sunday night with a probable case of bacterial meningitis.

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State sued over quarantine practices that impacted YSPH students

Yale Law School students announced Monday that they have filed a lawsuit against the state of Connecticut challenging the legality of the fall 2014 quarantine of 13 individuals.

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Hoffman, psych prof, dies at 66

Ralph Hoffman, medical director of the adult intensive outpatient treatment program at Yale-New Haven Psychiatric Hospital and beloved psychiatry professor, died last week of illness. He was 66 years old.

Mental health hackathon encourages innovation

The Yale undergraduate group Bulldog Hacks held its first mental health hackathon this weekend, attracting seven teams and 20 participants from across the University. At the event, teams worked to identify current problems in nationwide mental health treatment and then worked to develop potential solutions to the problems, many of which involved the use of technology to aid people with mental health conditions.

Students weigh the impact of changed MCAT format

As this year’s medical school applicants receive interview offers, Yale’s premedical community has had the opportunity to weigh the benefits and drawbacks of last April’s changes to the Medical College Admissions Test.