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From fluoride to “forever chemicals,” drinking water has been in the spotlight this year. In a Q&A, Yale epidemiologist Nicole Deziel discusses the water we drink today — and what’s on tap for the ...
An estimated two in five people who are incarcerated have a history of mental illness, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness. Most receive no treatment for their mental health issues ...
In a Q&A, Yale neuroscientist Amy Arnsten discusses the state of Alzheimer’s disease research, exciting treatment breakthroughs on the horizon, and the key role of NIH funding in making it all happen.
Marlene Schwartz Nearly half of the people responding to an online survey about obesity said they would give up a year of their life rather than be fat, according to a study by the Rudd Center for ...
Peter Salovey announced today that this academic year will be his last as Yale’s 23rd president, and that he will return to the faculty full time after 11 transformative years as head of the ...
In a stirring ceremony, Yale this week honored two Black scholars who studied theology here in the 1800s but couldn’t formally register because of their race.
The Yale School of Public Health is celebrating its 100th anniversary. Here’s a look at the man who founded the department that eventually became YSPH.
A Yale researcher developed a vaccine that can slow or halt certain cancers in dogs. And it could be used to treat humans in the future.
Yale and New Haven announce a six-year commitment to increase the university’s voluntary financial contributions to the city and promote inclusive growth.
Mental stress and anger may have clinical implications for patients with heart failure according to a new report published in the Journal of Cardiac Failure.
Using a new technology known as optically stimulated luminescence (OSL), a team of Belgian scientists and Professor John Coleman Darnell of Yale have determined that Egyptian petroglyphs found at the ...
A steady diet of smaller storms may be what fuels Jupiter’s Great Red Spot — and a decline in small storms may be causing it to shrink.