MEDICAL RESEARCH AND YNHH
KAITLYN POHLY, BENJAMIN HERNANDEZ & ASUKA KODA
Surgeon General Vivek Murthy ’03 to give 2024 Class Day address

Yale’s Class Day tradition, during which the full graduating class gathers on Old Campus, will feature speeches from students and from United States Surgeon General Vivek Murthy ’03.

April 11, 2024

JANICE HUR
Yale researchers are bioengineering blood vessels to treat congenital heart defects

After receiving a $2 million NIH grant, a team of scientists at the School of Medicine looks to use cells to design a new type of safe, adaptable blood vessel graft for infants born with heart defects.

April 8, 2024

CARLOS SALCERIO
Yale researchers weigh in on new COVID-19 drug 

Pemgarda, a monoclonal antibody infusion recently authorized by the FDA, could offer a new line of protection for millions of immunocompromised patients.

April 4, 2024

ASUKA KODA
Overnight shifts will be over for Yale Internal Medicine residents 

Starting in July, the program will no longer assign residents to 28-hour shifts, in which residents spend a full day followed by a night shift in the hospital.

March 31, 2024

YOLANDA WANG
 ‘A new world of genes’: School of Medicine Professor Haifan Lin receives prestigious Amory Prize

Lin, the founding director of the Yale Stem Cell Center, was honored by American Academy of Arts & Sciences and School of Medicine administrators at a formal ceremony on Tuesday.

March 29, 2024

JESSICA KASAMOTO
Yale experts discuss dengue fever outbreak

Several Yale experts weigh in on the current dengue fever outbreak in South America and Puerto Rico and discuss implications for the United States.

March 29, 2024

ASUKA KODA, ALEXANDRA MARTINEZ-GARCIA, GIRI VISWANATHAN & ADAM MCPHAIL
State permits Yale New Haven Health System to acquire Prospect hospitals

The Connecticut Office of Health Strategy established conditions for YNHHS to begin finalizing the terms of its long-awaited acquisition of three state hospitals.

March 28, 2024

JANICE HUR
Following drug development milestones, Arvinas looks to make headway against breast cancer and brain diseases

The New Haven-based biopharmaceutical company and Yale spinoff hopes to use a unique protein-targeting technology in two promising drugs to stave off breast cancer and neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson’s.

March 28, 2024

NANCY CHEN
Yale researchers discover new immunological capabilities of the eye

The research team found that injecting vaccines into the eyes of mice could activate an immune response, highlighting the immunological link between the eyes and the brain.

March 8, 2024

JOHNNY YUE
Yale and SCSU community health program awarded grant to fight health inequities

The CARE program will use new CDC funding to support food security, breastfeeding and road safety initiatives in New Haven.

March 6, 2024

ALESSANDRA PAPPALARDI
Yale Internal Medicine Residency Writers’ Workshop celebrates 20th anniversary

Now in its second decade, the writers’ workshop for new doctors at the School of Medicine is training physicians to translate from patients to the page.

February 29, 2024