Public Health

How can we celebrate Thanksgiving safely?

Yale Medicine experts share advice on how to gather during the holidays amid the COVID-19 pandemic. As the number of COVID-19 cases continues to climb—more...

COVID-19 may harm your eyes as well as your lungs

In a recent study, researchers reported a patient in China who developed an acute glaucoma attack soon after recovering from COVID-19. Her doctors had to...

Can cloth masks prevent COVID-19? Only if you machine wash them after use, study...

In a new study, researchers found that daily washing of cloth masks may reduce the likelihood of contamination and transmission of viruses like SARS-CoV-2. They...

Oxford COVID-19 vaccine shows strong promise in healthy older people

In a new study, researchers found that the UK's vaccine against COVID-19 shows similar safety and immunogenicity results in healthy older adults (aged 56...

Should a COVID-19 vaccine be mandated?

Now that two drug makers—Pfizer and Moderna—have reported highly effective results for their COVID-19 vaccines, it will be only a matter of time until...

Antibody cocktails at low doses could treat COVID-19 more effectively

In a new study, researchers found that pairs of antibodies may be more effective than single antibodies at preventing and treating COVID-19. The study also...

This common vaccine linked to lower risk of COVID-19

In a new study, researchers found that a widely used tuberculosis vaccine is linked to a reduced likelihood of contracting COVID-19 (coronavirus). The findings raise...

Yale study finds a major cause of COVID-19 death

In a new study, researchers have helped identify the mechanisms behind a major cause of morbidity and mortality in COVID-19 patients. Extensive blood clots in...

Scientists find new therapy to effectively treat severe COVID-19

In a recent study at Osaka University and elsewhere, researchers found an effective treatment for the deadly over-activation of the inflammatory response seen in...

Frequent, rapid testing could stop COVID within weeks, study finds

In a new study, researchers found that testing half the population weekly with inexpensive, rapid-turnaround COVID-19 tests would drive the virus toward elimination within...