If a veteran in Maine, Vermont, or Massachusetts needs to have a common skin condition treated, they might have to travel to the VA in West Haven, Connecticut three times — once for a consultation, the second time for treatment, and the third time for...
Medical schools in the United States are accepting more women and minority students a decade after diversity standards were introduced by a national accrediting body. According to Yale researchers, the standards are associated with an increase in both the...
Tickborne diseases are on the rise, and one in particular is emerging in the United States and Canada. Human babesiosis is an infection that can cause a range of symptoms and even death. Little is known about one of the parasites that cause human...
When it comes to making health decisions for an older adult, what health surrogates don’t know can be harmful, according to new research. While 75% of surrogates feel extremely confident in their knowledge of a loved one’s preferences, only 21% of them...
When scientists probe the human genome for clues about disease, they typically focus on the 2% of our genome that make functional proteins. To explore underexamined elements in the genome, a team of Yale investigators developed a tool, called ERVmap, that...
A drug therapy used for patients with chronic heart failure also improves markers of poor prognosis in individuals who are hospitalized with acute heart failure, new Yale-led research shows. The findings suggest that the drug can improve outcomes for...
Members of a majority group tend to hold negative views of minority-group individuals who claim more than one identity, according to new Yale-led research. The negative bias is driven by fear that dual-identity individuals will be disloyal to the majority...
More than one million people die annually from cerebral malaria, the most lethal form of the disease. A recent study, led by Yale investigators, explores the role of glucose metabolism in the development of the disease, and may hold a key to preventing or...
Yale researchers have identified factors that may contribute to widening cancer death disparities among counties across the United States. These factors, which include both socioeconomic and behavioral traits, may provide public health experts with...
