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Yale Medicine Experts Discuss What We Know—And Don’t Know—About The New COVID-19 Booster Shots

Image by Arek Socha from Pixabay September 17, 2022 – By Carrie MacMillan – When the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines were first unveiled in December 2020, medical experts touted the benefits of this new technology, saying formulations could easily be tweaked someday to match a quickly changing virus. That day has finally come. In early September, the Food and Drug Administration …

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When the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines were first unveiled in December 2020, medical experts touted the benefits of this new technology, saying formulations could easily be tweaked someday to match a quickly changing virus. That day has finally come. In early September, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended two updated …

Dr. Silvia Vilarinho Named Associate Director, Yale Internal Medicine Physician Scientist Training Program

Silvia Vilarinho, MD, PhD, assistant professor of medicine (digestive diseases) and of pathology; and associate director, Yale MD/PhD Program, has been appointed associate director of the Yale Internal Medicine Physician Scientist Training Program (PSTP). “I am thrilled to join the PSTP leadership team to recruit and retain a diverse and creative group of talented physician-scientists to Yale Internal Medicine. I …

COVID-19 endemic stage two years away, Yale School of Medicine study suggests

To develop a better understanding of when and how COVID-19 might become endemic, researchers at Yale turned to rats, which, like humans, are also susceptible to coronaviruses. To develop a better understanding of when and how COVID-19 might become endemic, researchers at Yale turned to rats, which, like humans, are also susceptible to coronaviruses. The COVID-19 disease may reach endemic …

Yale Medicine Team Develops Vaccine for Deadly Leptospirosis Bacteria

Having recently discovered the toxin that causes the tropical disease leptospirosis to be so lethal, a Yale research team has developed a vaccine that prevents the disease while nearly eliminating the deadly bacteria from the body. The team, led by Joseph Vinetz, MD, professor (infectious diseases) in the Department of Internal Medicine at Yale School of Medicine (YSM), and Reetika …

Yale Scientists Develop Precision Medicine Approach to Metabolic Therapy for Breast Cancer

Newswise — Scientists at Yale Cancer Center have found that patients with breast cancer and high levels of insulin in the blood may be responsive to metabolism-targeting treatments, which in turn may improve the effectiveness of subsequent chemotherapy treatments. The findings were published today in Communications Biology. The incidence of breast cancer is projected to increase more than 50% between …

Yale police K9 doubles as service, comfort dog

From WFSB employees Click here for updates on this story NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (WFSB) – A lot comes to the life of a Yale Police Department officer. Officer Rich Simons and his K9 partner Heidi spoke to Channel 3 about it. Read more22 of the Healthiest Dog Breeds on the PlanetAny day, Patrolman Simons, a 28-year-old Yale PD veteran, and …