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Our recent paper, "Optimal Annual COVID-19 Vaccine Boosting Dates Following Previous Booster Vaccination or Breakthrough Infection", is amongst the most-read recent articles in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

Maybe because everyone can benefit from reading it?

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Optimal Annual COVID-19 Vaccine Boosting Dates Following Previous Booster Vaccination or Breakthrough Infection
Optimal timing for COVID-19 boosters improves their efficacy. There is an optimal delay of boosters after breakthrough infection. Our analysis enables bene
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November 27, 2025 at 6:55 PM
⚠️ Measles update: As of December 22, the U.S. has now seen 2,003 measles cases this year.

📍 The large outbreak on the Utah–Arizona border continues to grow.

📍 The outbreak in South Carolina continues to increase.

📍 Rockland County, New York, is also experiencing an outbreak.

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December 23, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Once a week since the fall of 2021, Professors @thehowie.bsky.social and @hmkyale.bsky.social have sat down in front of their microphones to, as they put it, “get closer to the truth about health and healthcare.”

The result is the Health & Veritas podcast, which posted its 200th episode last week.
‘Health & Veritas’ Podcast Marks 200 Episodes
The podcast, hosted by physician-professors Howard Forman and Harlan Krumholz, features lively, informed conversations on health, healthcare, and policy.
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December 23, 2025 at 3:42 PM
A new report from researchers at the Yale School of Public Health warns that the U.S. government’s abrupt cancellation of funding for mRNA vaccine research could have devastating health and economic consequences for the nation.
New report sounds alarm on health fallout from mRNA vaccine funding cuts
A new report from the Yale School of Public Health warns that the U.S. government’s abrupt cancellation of funding for mRNA vaccine research could have
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December 22, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Honored for her role in developing and evaluating the breakthrough HIV prevention drug lenacapavir, Dr. Moupali Das shared her journey into HIV research. ⬇️
https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/blazing-a-new-path-for-hiv-prevention-a-discussion-with-dr-moupali-das/
Blazing a new path for HIV prevention: A discussion with Dr. Moupali Das
Honored for her role in developing and evaluating the breakthrough HIV prevention drug lenacapavir, Dr. Moupali Das, MD, MPH, shared her journey into HIV
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December 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
For the ones who whisper sweet nothings like “tidyverse,” “ggplot,” and “logistic regression.”

Six weeks at Yale.
Big data. Bigger impact.

Applications for the Big Data Summer Immersion at Yale are open → BDSY.org

All undergrads are eligible to apply.

#DataScience #UndergraduateResearch
December 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
We placed a microphone at our winter celebration with a sign that said, “What brings you hope in public health?” Here’s what Yale School of Public Health students, faculty, staff, and community partners had to say.

We wish you all a happy, healthy, and hopeful holiday season 💙
What brings us hope in public health?
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December 18, 2025 at 2:23 PM
'Tis the season for all of the viruses. RSV and flu are showing substantial activity in much of the country, and COVID is starting to increase again after hitting a low this fall.

Here's what you need to know about respiratory virus trends before holiday travel ⬇️

Check out PopHIVE.org for more.
Respiratory virus update: Pre-holiday edition
'Tis the season for all of the viruses
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December 17, 2025 at 9:47 PM
"Hope and facts are difficult to provide in the face of a tragedy so recent and so close to home. But if I have learned anything from my work, it is that hope is created through small, persistent action."

Dean @meganranney.bsky.social writes on grief and action in an Atlantic op-ed.
First We Grieve
Then we must act.
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December 17, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Sending love and support to our friends at Brown, in Australia, in Connecticut, and across the world who are grieving this week.
December 15, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Dean @meganranney.bsky.social joined CNN the day after mass shootings at Brown University and Bondi Beach to discuss the long-term mental and physical health impact of these events.

Dean Ranney is an emergency physician and firearm injury prevention researcher and spent 20 years at Brown.
December 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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We are having the wrong debate, says Zack Cooper of @yalesph.bsky.social

We need to talk about not *just* subsidies, but more importantly WHY & HOW American healthcare is so expensive.

And he has a list of things we could do today …

Gift link:
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Opinion | $27,000 a Year for Health Insurance. How Can We Afford That?
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December 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Jessica Federer, MPH ’08, founded the Women’s Health Fund to spur investment in medical innovations that would improve women’s health. ⬇️
https://ysph.yale.edu/about-school-of-public-health/communications-public-relations/publications/public-health-magazine/article/investing-in-womens-health/
Investing in women’s health
Alum Jessica Federer recently founded the Women’s Health Fund to spur investment in medical innovations.
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December 15, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Learn about eight YSPH students who engaged in public health practice opportunities that linked science and society across the globe ⬇️

Read now at https://ysph.yale.edu/about-school-of-public-health/communications-public-relations/publications/public-health-magazine/article/globe-trotters/
Globe trotters
At the Yale School of Public Health, students gain hands-on experience, allowing them to transform public health science into meaningful local, national, and
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December 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Yale’s part-time Executive MPH is designed for working professionals, with live online courses in the evenings and three in-person trainings on Yale’s campus. Apply by January 15. Learn more at sph.yale.edu/emph
Yale Executive MPH: Designed for Working Professionals
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December 12, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Professors share how YSPH is leaning in to offer more opportunities for students to learn public health communications skills. ⬇️ https://ysph.yale.edu/about-school-of-public-health/communications-public-relations/publications/public-health-magazine/article/how-to-talk-about-public-health/
How to talk about public health
It's a social media world now. That means learning a whole new way of sharing information.
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December 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
"Rising health care spending is killing the American dream."

In a @nytimes.com opinion essay today, Prof. Zack Cooper argues that while extending Affordable Care Act subsidies will buy us time, doing so wouldn’t fix the underlying problem: surging health care spending.
Opinion | $27,000 a Year for Health Insurance. How Can We Afford That?
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December 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
In our latest edition of Science & Society Magazine, learn how YSPH is approaching the public health communications crisis, how the Executive MPH program is training mid-career students to be public health leaders, a scholar’s journey at Yale, and more.

Read now at sph.yale.edu/dec2025magazine
December 9, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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An outstanding job here @yalesph.bsky.social with @jacobwswallace.bsky.social ! 🧪🩺🛟📈
🚨 Predoc Opportunity at Yale! 🚨

Care about research that changes policy?

My research team works within state government to advance evidence and learning for a smarter safety net!

And our predocs have excellent PhD placements. Apply here!

#EconSky #EconTwitter #Predoc #ResearchJobs #HealthPolicy
Economics of the Safety Net
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December 9, 2025 at 3:49 AM
We are happy to share that Yale will soon introduce a replacement loan option for student borrowers whose federal loan eligibility has been affected by recent changes. This new program will offer comparable, if not more competitive, loan terms compared to previous Grad PLUS loans.

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December 9, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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“Teaching at Yale” was never really on my radar for the future — but wow, it has been super fun to work with the amazing teams @yalesph.bsky.social and prepare a class for the master’s students I’ll be teaching next semester on “What I Wish I Had Known"
Join us in shaping the future of public health for generations to come. Explore our unique degree options at ysph.yale.edu/school-of-pu...

Application deadlines:
🗓️ MS & PhD - Dec 1
🗓️ MPH - Dec 15
🗓️ Executive MPH - Jan 15
December 6, 2025 at 12:54 AM
✅ Reminder of why babies need the hepatitis B vaccine ⬇️

✅ New JAMA Viewpoint on the risks of reversing the recommendation for universal hepatitis B vaccination at birth ➡️ jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Why do babies need the hepatitis B vaccine if they aren’t high-risk?

Short answer: Because hepatitis B is a tricky virus.

Longer answer: Continue reading ⬇️

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December 5, 2025 at 8:14 PM
SNAP, best known for helping low-income Americans afford groceries, may also help protect against COVID-19 and other chronic illnesses, according to a new study.

Read more: m.yale.edu/ddbs
December 2, 2025 at 9:29 PM
"As a public health student... I’ve heard the same message in almost every class: progress isn’t real progress unless everyone moves forward. On World AIDS Day, I’m reminded of how far that ideal is from reality."

- Nikki Tehrani, MPH '27, in a CT Mirror opinion piece
Opinion: World AIDS Day means asking who we still leave behind
In Connecticut and throughout the U.S., access to antiretroviral therapy and prevention tools like PrEP is closely tied to legal status.
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December 1, 2025 at 7:15 PM