A Yale study has found that a self-conducted test involving the thumb and palm of one hand could help alert thousands of people each year to their risk of having a hidden aortic aneurysm.
Aortic aneurysms are the 13th most common cause of death among...
Yale researchers have shown that developmental abnormalities, including those that lead to pregnancy loss and autism, are controlled by the genetics of the fetus and placenta — and not the mother’s intrauterine environment.
The findings are reported in...
Yale scientists have developed a new class of antiviral agents that shows promise for creating COVID-19 therapeutics — exhibiting particular effectiveness when used in tandem with the drug remdesivir, another antiviral medication approved for use against...
The Yale COVID-19 Vaccination Program, based at the Lanman Center in Payne Whitney Gymnasium, is completing its first phase of inoculations and gearing up for the next wave with guidance from the Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH).
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Greenhouse gas emissions associated with the American health care system continued to rise in the past decade — accounting for 8% of total U.S. emissions — and remains the largest emitter of any country.
A pair of new Yale-led studies described the...
Doctors at Yale New Haven Hospital used a more aggressive selection process to more than quadruple the number of heart transplants performed there while maintaining positive patient outcomes, according to a new study.
The findings suggest that a more...
Less is sometimes more when treating heart patients who go into shock after a heart attack.
A new study found that more than 30 percent of hospital patients who have a heart attack complicated by low blood pressure undergo an aggressive treatment in which...
Sarecycline, a drug approved for use in the United States in 2018, is the first new antibiotic approved to treat acne in more than 40 years. Now, researchers at Yale and the University of Illinois-Chicago have discovered how its unique chemical structure...
Yale has launched an online dashboard for state and campus COVID-19 screening statistics that is open to public view and intended to serve as a convenient and reliable community resource. It will be updated weekly.
Located on Yale’s main COVID-19...
Yale’s pilot COVID-19 screening program has shown that the university can efficiently and effectively conduct asymptomatic testing for the novel coronavirus — and that there are currently few positive test results among individuals without symptoms in the...