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Hikers along the Pacific Crest Trail in Southern California have been hit with norovirus, but they're not the only ones suffering.
- May 27, 2026Source: HuffPost (with Scott Roberts, MD)
You can't prevent sepsis from happening, but there are a few things that can help.
- May 21, 2026
Meet Lynn Gambardella, who has had many roles in the Department of Internal Medicine during her 44 years at Yale.
- May 21, 2026
While advances in research have identified effective strategies to prevent infections in the hospital, ensuring those practices are consistently applied in real-world settings remains difficult. Yale School of Medicine's David Calfee, MD, has spent his career working to close that gap.
- May 18, 2026
The annual teaching awards were announced during the Yale School of Medicine MD Class of 2026 Commencement. Seven distinguished awards were presented.
- May 18, 2026Source: Yale News
In a new study, Yale researchers discovered that SARS-CoV-2 doesn’t linger in the placenta of patients who become infected with the virus during pregnancy.
- May 17, 2026Source: USA Today (with Scott Roberts, MD)
A particular concern with Ebola is the timeline for when people show symptoms and become most infectious, according to Dr. Scott Roberts, associate medical director for infection prevention at Yale University's hospital.
- May 14, 2026Source: New Haven Independent (with Scott Roberts, MD)
Don’t panic. The recent Hantavirus outbreak on an Argentine cruise ship that killed three people won’t turn into a mass pandemic like Covid-19. It may lead to isolated outbreaks of human-to-human transmission, the way Ebola did. But no repeat of the Covid pandemic that upended all our lives for years.
- May 13, 2026Source: The Independent (with Marjorie Golden, MD)
The number of emergency room visits related to tick bites has hit its highest level in the U.S. in nearly a decade.
- May 13, 2026Source: WTNH-TV (with Scott Roberts, MD)
In today’s health headlines, we’re talking about cruises in light of the recent hantavirus outbreak. If you’re planning a cruise, what do you need to know?