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Yale team unearths COVID-19 testing protocol using sewage

Yale scientists have discovered an unconventional method to test for COVID-19 at a large scale. The key lies in your sewage. Professor of Chemical and […]

September 14, 2020

ALEXA JEANNE LOSTE

Landmark study illuminates new features of Andromeda’s halo

New spectrographic data from the Hubble Space Telescope suggests that the halo of the Andromeda galaxy is already overlapping with that of the Milky Way. […]

September 14, 2020

BEATRIZ HORTA & MARIA FERNANDA PACHECO

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative awards Yale researchers with grants to study neurodegeneration

Three Yale researchers have been awarded grants by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, or CZI, to research neurodegenerative diseases — disorders characterized by the molecular unraveling […]

September 14, 2020

SANCHITA KEDIA

CS department adds new certificate

As the demand for programming classes continues to rise, the Department of Computer Science has added a new programming certificate, which aims to make programming […]

September 14, 2020

MARIA FERNANDA PACHECO

Yale study explores sex differences in COVID-19 patient outcomes

Biological sex has been found to underlie stark differences in COVID-19 patient outcomes, with men comprising approximately 60 percent of COVID-19-related deaths around the world […]

September 11, 2020

BEATRIZ HORTA

Yale lab receives prestigious grant to study working memory

The Arnsten Lab at Yale has been selected as one of 16 labs worldwide to receive funding from the NeuroNex program for a project that […]

September 8, 2020

SIMI OLURIN

School of Public Health introduces racial justice concentration

As the country grapples with an unruly pandemic that has disproportionately affected people of color, the Yale School of Public Health has rolled out a […]

September 1, 2020

ROSE HOROWITCH

Recognizing historical bias, community leaders bring COVID vaccine trial to YNHH

Thanks to advocacy from community leaders, New Haven residents, particularly those of color, will soon participate in the third phase of a COVID-19 vaccine trial […]

September 1, 2020

WILLIAM MCCORMACK & CHARLOTTE ZIMMER

Blumenthal, Murphy praise SalivaDirect after visiting Yale School of Public Health

Both U.S. senators expressed optimism about SalivaDirect and their eagerness to assist with scaling the testing protocol for more widespread use.

August 26, 2020

WILLIAM MCCORMACK & CHARLOTTE ZIMMER

Automation, pooling could come next for SalivaDirect as research team juggles authorization requests, media attention

After receiving Emergency Use Authorization from the FDA on Saturday, researchers have been inundated with a swarm of media attention and hundreds of emailed authorization requests.

August 19, 2020

ROSE HOROWITCH

School of Public Health study says students may be able to safely return to campus

As the fall semester nears and universities grapple with what to expect when students return to campus, one study out of the School of Public […]

August 18, 2020

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