Worms don’t like the blues. At least not the blue-tinged toxic bacteria that are common in the environments where they live. But how does a bacteria-foraging worm — without eyes, photoreceptors, or the opsin genes that help animals perceive color — know...
Over the past year, Dr. Nicholas A. Christakis has strived to help others understand the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Yale physician and sociologist has penned op-ed columns and popular Twitter threads explaining the virus’ scientific and social aspects. He led...
In a new trial overseen by Yale Medicine researchers, half of a group of people at high risk of developing Type 1 diabetes remained disease-free for more than five years after receiving an experimental drug compared with 22% of those who received a...
As people increasingly return to schools, sporting events, concerts, and other public gatherings, it’s more essential than ever to have fast, low-cost, easy COVID-19 testing, said Anne Wyllie, associate research scientist in epidemiology at Yale School of...
When central nervous system cells in the brain and spine are damaged by disease or injury, they fail to regenerate, limiting the body’s ability to recover. In contrast, peripheral nerve cells that serve most other areas of the body are more able to...
In 1987, G. Scott Morris ’79 M.Div. founded Church Health, a non-profit organization that provides healthcare services to uninsured and underserved people in Memphis, Tennessee, and its suburbs. He’s built it into the nation’s largest privately funded,...
When third-year Yale emergency resident physician Dr. Isaac Agboola writes in the Annals of Emergency Medicine about the problem of bias in the emergency department, it’s a matter of personal as well as professional interest.
As one of the few Black male...