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Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a deadly condition. The only available therapies can slow disease progression, but they are not a cure and often cause intolerable side effects. Patients diagnosed with the disease will die within…

Anew study led by Yale scientists has identified genetic risk factors associated with habitual heavy drinking.The study, published in JAMA Network Open, used data from the U.S. Million Veteran Program and multiple other large-scale…

Yale announced on Friday that it will honor a request by graduate students from the labor organization UNITE HERE Local 33 to hold a secret ballot union election.In a message, Yale Provost Scott Strobel encouraged graduate and…

COVID-19 vaccines boast efficacy rates against severe disease and hospitalization as high as 95 percent. But even among young, healthy adults, this doesn’t mean individuals who received the groundbreaking jab acquired equal protection.…

Millions of Black and Hispanic adults who are overweight or obese are unable to afford the latest treatment in obesity medicine, a study by the Yale School of Medicine has found.For the study, Drs. Yuan Lu, assistant professor, Harlan…

AYale study found that despite growing investments in health care over the past 20 years, barriers to timely medical care are increasing, as are racial and ethnic disparities in access to health care.Using data from 1999 to 2018,…

Ateam of Yale researchers has found that Republican voters in two U.S. states had more excess deaths than Democratic voters after vaccines for COVID-19 became widely available to counter the disease. The discrepancy didn’t exist prior to…

What will it take for the U.S. to build a clean energy future to address climate change? What are the financial mechanisms needed to fund green projects? How can the country transition to clean energy in equitable ways? These questions…

COP27, the annual “conference of the parties” hosted by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, began this weekend in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, drawing tens of thousands of global activists, diplomats, and heads of state. They will…

The results of the TRANSFORM-HF study, which explored the effects of two different therapies on heart failure outcomes, were featured during the first late-breaking session at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions on Nov. 5.…