HEALTH
SELIN NALBANTOGLU
YNHH terminates 94 employees who refused to receive COVID-19 vaccinations

On Oct. 18, Yale New Haven Health’s human resources department sent notices of termination to 94 employees who refused to comply with a COVID-19 vaccine […]

October 20, 2021

AISLINN KINSELLA
Looking forward: School of Public Health professors weigh in on the future of the pandemic

After nearly two years of life upended by the coronavirus pandemic, four of Yale’s public health experts analyzed lessons learned to end the current pandemic […]

October 18, 2021

JON ANDRE SABIO PARRILLA
Yale study finds most SARS-CoV-2 variants neutralized by mRNA vaccines

Yale scientists published a novel study demonstrating that messenger RNA vaccines, such as Pfizer’s and Moderna’s, cultivate a vigorous immune response to most variants of […]

October 17, 2021

VERONICA LEE & BRIAN ZHANG
Select Yale community members now eligible to receive Pfizer booster shot

On Sept. 27, in a university-wide email, CEO of Yale Health Paul Genecin announced that Yale community members aged 65 and older or at increased […]

September 27, 2021

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MARIA FERNANDA PACHECO
COVID-19 patient volume at YNHHS down by 45 percent over last two weeks

As the Yale New Haven Health System continues to monitor breakthrough infections, noting low infection rates among the vaccinated, it has also seen a significant decrease in COVID-19 patients.

September 24, 2021

MAYA WEITZEN
First randomized trial on masking affirms efficacy, Yale study says

The effectiveness of masks in preventing COVID-19 has been supported by the results of a 300,000-person randomized trial in Bangladesh led by two School of Management researchers.

September 13, 2021

RAHMA AHMED
Yale study examines effect of COVID-19 antibodies

Scientists at the Yale School of Medicine conducted a study to investigate the effect of T-cells and B-cells in adaptive immunity and what that could mean for future treatments against COVID-19.

September 12, 2021

MARIA FERNANDA PACHECO
Low incidence of breakthrough infections at YNHHS highlights importance of COVID-19 vaccines

In a Thursday press conference, Yale New Haven Health system officials explained that approximately six percent of patients who test positive for COVID-19 and are symptomatic are fully vaccinated.

September 12, 2021

SYDNEY GRAY
YSPH study examines high COVID-19 repeat positive test rates in nursing homes

A Yale School of Public Health study conducted in collaboration with the state found that some nursing home residents experienced repeat positive COVID-19 tests.

September 9, 2021

BEATRIZ HORTA
Researchers at the medical school image live COVID-19 infection in mice

Scientists at the medical school used microscopic technology to image COVID-19 infection in mice, which will hopefully aid in developing treatments.

September 8, 2021

SYDNEY GRAY
YSPH study finds COVID-19 vaccine rollout has saved 279,000 lives

Researchers used modeling techniques to estimate the number of lives saved and hospitalizations prevented due to the U.S. vaccine rollout compared to the result if no vaccines had been administered.

September 2, 2021

A healthcare worker fills a syringe with a vaccine.