Yale researchers have identified two separate invasions in California of Aedes aegypti — known colloquially as “the yellow fever mosquito” because it can carry yellow fever, dengue fever, chikungunya, and Zika, among other diseases.
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It is still common for infants to be placed in unsafe sleeping positions by their caregivers, report researchers from Yale and Boston University (BU). Fewer than half of infants are always placed on their backs for sleep, the recommended safe sleep...
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has awarded four of its Science & Technology Policy Fellowships, which place fellows with backgrounds in science or technology fields in yearlong roles in federal government agencies, to...
Yale’s Center for Health & Learning Games will establish a new lab, play4REAL, with a gift from Oculus, a Facebook-owned technology company specializing in Virtual Reality (VR) hardware and software products. The goal of this innovative lab is to...
Two-thirds of young women aged 18-26 who were eligible to receive Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine have missed at least one opportunity to receive the vaccine during a visit to an obstetrics and gynecology clinic, Yale researchers report.
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Mother’s latest little helper is already in her pocket: A new educational intervention delivered in the form of texts and emails has been found to increase adherence to safe sleep practices for infants, concluded researchers at the Yale, University of...
Authors from Yale and Michigan State University collaborated on a National Science Foundation study of five types of fungi that has illuminated a successful new strategy for pinpointing genes responsible for the evolution of certain biological processes....