Even as the COVID-19 pandemic reaches grim new milestones, with 18 million U.S. cases and nearly 320,000 U.S. deaths as of Dec. 22, the emergence of multiple vaccines offers hope that an end to the crisis could be in sight. Two vaccines, by Pfizer and...
After the U.S. presidential election of 2016, Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, an undocumented American from Ecuador and Yale doctoral student, decided it was time to write her story. Beyond that, she wanted to write the story of other undocumented immigrants...
For Nellie Conover-Crockett ’22 making gingerbread houses with her mother as a young girl was a favorite holiday tradition. At first, they made typical structures, using a beloved gingerbread recipe. But a couple years ago, the Wisconsin native decided...
People diagnosed with an inflammatory skin condition known as granuloma annulare (GA) develop raised red lesions that emerge in ring-like patterns on the skin. For those with a chronic condition, these lesions can cover much of the body and degrade their...
Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith, a co-chair of President-elect Biden’s COVID-19 advisory board, will also lead a new White House task force dedicated to health equity.
Nunez-Smith, an associate professor of internal medicine, public health, and management at...
On Dec. 2, author and historian Ibram X. Kendi made the case that much of the conventional thinking around racism misses the point. First and foremost, he argued, it is power and policy, and not people, that keep racism firmly entrenched in society....
When Yale researchers began studying cases of COVID-19 among children, they expected that they would find that the disease afflicted Black and Hispanic children at higher rates, just as it had in the adult population.
It turns out the unequal burden borne...
When Whitney Bowen ’24 decided to take a break from classes at Yale earlier this year due to the COVID-19 crisis, she knew she’d miss many parts of life on campus.
Back at home in Virginia, she found chances to learn new skills virtually, and even became...
When it became clear that many Yale graduate students wouldn’t be traveling home during Thanksgiving holiday to minimize the risk of spreading the coronavirus, leaders of the Yale Graduate Student Association (GSA) decided to bring the holiday to them —...
Yale Hospitality has Thanksgiving plans: With more than 150 students remaining on campus during the holiday break, the unit that runs the university’s dining halls will provide pre-packaged traditional Thanksgiving dinners.
Yale Hospitality also will help...