https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/niccolai/news-rss/?orgId=115462&title=Latest+News A selection of the latest research, academic, and other newsworthy developments at HPV Working Group (Niccolai Lab) en-us Copyright 2026 Yale School of Medicine Thu, 14 May 2026 22:44:20 Z https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/health/wellness/a70013815/at-home-cervical-cancer-screening/ https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/health/wellness/a70013815/at-home-cervical-cancer-screening/ Self-swab tests provide a simple way to catch early warning signs of cervical cancer. Sat, 17 Jan 2026 05:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/niccolai/news-article/ysph-alumna-applying-laboratory-skills-to-improve-global-health/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/niccolai/news-article/ysph-alumna-applying-laboratory-skills-to-improve-global-health/ YSPH alumna Anumita Bajpai, MPH ’20, (Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases), is applying the laboratory and leadership skills she learned at YSPH to improve global health. Wed, 12 Nov 2025 05:00:00 Z https://news.yale.edu/2025/08/26/giving-mrna-vaccines-technological-shot-arm https://news.yale.edu/2025/08/26/giving-mrna-vaccines-technological-shot-arm Yale researchers have created a new technology to maximize the effectiveness and reach of mRNA vaccines.  Tue, 26 Aug 2025 20:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/niccolai/news-article/the-importance-of-covid-vaccine-for-pregnant-women/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/niccolai/news-article/the-importance-of-covid-vaccine-for-pregnant-women/ The fall season brings a new COVID-19 vaccine and CDC officials are encouraging everyone over 6 months old to get vaccinated —including pregnant women. In this 3 Essential Questions feature, Dr. Linda Niccolai discusses the findings of a new CDC study that emphasizes the importance of pregnant women getting vaccinated to reduce the risk of their newborns being hospitalized with COVID-19. Thu, 24 Oct 2024 04:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/niccolai/news-article/ysph-joins-national-coalition-strengthening-public-health-preparedness/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/niccolai/news-article/ysph-joins-national-coalition-strengthening-public-health-preparedness/ The Yale School of Public health joins the Common Health Coalition with over 50 health organizations dedicated to strengthening public health and health care collaborations. Thu, 27 Jun 2024 15:00:00 Z https://medicine.yale.edu/cancer/news/breakthroughsreview/article/delivering-the-best-care-through-partnership/ https://medicine.yale.edu/cancer/news/breakthroughsreview/article/delivering-the-best-care-through-partnership/ The value in the Smilow Cancer Hospital and Yale Cancer Center collaborative relationship Mon, 15 Apr 2024 04:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/niccolai/news-article/yale-research-team-awarded-dollar4-million-grant-to-evaluate-new-immunizations-for-infant-rsv/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/niccolai/news-article/yale-research-team-awarded-dollar4-million-grant-to-evaluate-new-immunizations-for-infant-rsv/ A multidisciplinary team of Yale scientists has received a $4-million federal grant to study the effectiveness of a new vaccine and monoclonal antibody shot designed to prevent respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in infants. Mon, 01 Apr 2024 04:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/niccolai/news-article/connecticut-emerging-infections-program-receives-dollar195-million-grant/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/niccolai/news-article/connecticut-emerging-infections-program-receives-dollar195-million-grant/ The Connecticut Emerging Infections Program (EIP) at the Yale School of Public Health has received a five-year grant totaling approximately $19.5 million from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, with an initial $3.9 million being awarded in the first year. Linda Niccolai, professor of epidemiology (microbial diseases) and associate dean for academic affairs, is the principal investigator. Tue, 13 Feb 2024 13:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/niccolai/news-article/sangini-sheth-md-mph-in-recognition-of-national-cancer-prevention-month/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/niccolai/news-article/sangini-sheth-md-mph-in-recognition-of-national-cancer-prevention-month/ Sangini Sheth, MD, MPH, participates in a Q&A for National Cancer Prevention Month. Tue, 06 Feb 2024 05:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/niccolai/news-article/how-does-hiv-bind-to-our-t-cells-new-study-reveals-the-steps/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/niccolai/news-article/how-does-hiv-bind-to-our-t-cells-new-study-reveals-the-steps/ New HIV medications could be on the horizon after research uncovers how HIV-1, the most common type of HIV, binds to T cells. Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:03:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/niccolai/news-article/hpv-discovery-yields-breakthrough-in-understanding-protein-activity/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/niccolai/news-article/hpv-discovery-yields-breakthrough-in-understanding-protein-activity/ A new study led by Yale scientists shows that the activity of a portion of a human papillomavirus (HPV) protein does not depend on its amino acid sequence or composition. Wed, 11 Oct 2023 04:00:00 Z https://medicine.yale.edu/ysm/news/yale-medicine-magazine/article/uncovering-the-genetics-of-learning-disabilities/ https://medicine.yale.edu/ysm/news/yale-medicine-magazine/article/uncovering-the-genetics-of-learning-disabilities/ In classrooms across the United States, five to 10 million children struggle with dyslexia. While offering intervention strategies in grades 1 through 3 can drastically improve the trajectory of a student’s education, the window for effective intervention is narrow. That makes early and accurate screening key. Now, researchers are discovering clues in our genes that could speed early assessment of the risk of dyslexia. Mon, 22 May 2023 04:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/niccolai/news-article/dr-sangini-sheth-shares-why-shes-a-cervical-cancer-physicianscientist/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/niccolai/news-article/dr-sangini-sheth-shares-why-shes-a-cervical-cancer-physicianscientist/ In recognition of Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, Sangini Sheth, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at Yale Cancer Center, shares her motivation for caring for patients with cervical cancer and researching new therapies for the disease Wed, 12 Jan 2022 04:00:00 Z https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2021-11-18/allowing-adolescent-consent-improves-hpv-vaccination-rate-study-finds https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2021-11-18/allowing-adolescent-consent-improves-hpv-vaccination-rate-study-finds Young people were more likely to have received an HPV vaccine in places where they could give consent without their parents, researchers found, improving access to an important tool for cancer prevention. Thu, 18 Nov 2021 04:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/niccolai/news-article/yale-cancer-center-experts-co-author-book-on-war-on-cancer/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/niccolai/news-article/yale-cancer-center-experts-co-author-book-on-war-on-cancer/ Several Yale Cancer Center faculty have authored chapters in a newly released book, A New Deal For Cancer: Lessons from a 50 Year War. Tue, 16 Nov 2021 04:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/niccolai/news-article/less-restrictive-health-laws-linked-to-higher-hpv-vaccination-rates/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/niccolai/news-article/less-restrictive-health-laws-linked-to-higher-hpv-vaccination-rates/ The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, which is recommended for children between ages 11 and 12, is highly effective at preventing cervical cancer. But in the United States, only 54% of adolescents are fully vaccinated against HPV, a rate lower than those of other adolescent vaccines, including those preventing meningitis, tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis. Mon, 15 Nov 2021 04:00:00 Z https://news.yale.edu/2021/11/15/less-restrictive-health-laws-linked-higher-hpv-vaccination-rates https://news.yale.edu/2021/11/15/less-restrictive-health-laws-linked-higher-hpv-vaccination-rates A new Yale study finds that an important strategy for improving vaccination rates could be allowing adolescents to consent for the HPV vaccine without parental involvement, which is already a policy in a handful of U.S. states. Mon, 15 Nov 2021 04:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/niccolai/news-article/yale-cancer-center-among-top-us-cancer-centers-calling-for-urgent-action-to-get-cancer-preventing-hpv-vaccination-back-on-track/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/niccolai/news-article/yale-cancer-center-among-top-us-cancer-centers-calling-for-urgent-action-to-get-cancer-preventing-hpv-vaccination-back-on-track/ Yale Cancer Center has partnered with 71 other National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated cancer centers to issue a joint statement urging the nation’s physicians, parents, and young adults to get the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination back on track. Thu, 20 May 2021 04:00:00 Z https://parade.com/1181849/jenniferlarson/does-hpv-go-away/ https://parade.com/1181849/jenniferlarson/does-hpv-go-away/ HPV (human papillomavirus) is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). How common? More than 79 million people have it right now. And experts estimate that about 14 million people get infected every year. Fri, 19 Mar 2021 04:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/niccolai/news-article/a-world-without-cervical-cancer-preventive-medicine-publishes-special-issue-to-further-global-efforts-to-eliminate-deadly-disease/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/niccolai/news-article/a-world-without-cervical-cancer-preventive-medicine-publishes-special-issue-to-further-global-efforts-to-eliminate-deadly-disease/ Recognizing the urgent public health issue concerning Cervical Cancer, the editorial team of Preventive Medicine is publishing a special issue titled “From Science to Action to Impact: Eliminating Cervical Cancer,” which outlines the required courses of action to eliminate cervical cancer featuring Yale's Dr. Linda Niccolai. Thu, 04 Mar 2021 04:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/niccolai/news-article/fifteen-school-of-medicine-faculty-members-are-among-those-newly-elected-to-case/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/niccolai/news-article/fifteen-school-of-medicine-faculty-members-are-among-those-newly-elected-to-case/ Fifteen School of Medicine faculty members are among the newest group elected to the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering. Thu, 04 Mar 2021 04:00:00 Z https://www.middletownpress.com/news/coronavirus/article/Get-COVID-19-vaccines-into-hard-hit-minority-15827136.php https://www.middletownpress.com/news/coronavirus/article/Get-COVID-19-vaccines-into-hard-hit-minority-15827136.php Who needs the COVID-19 vaccine the most? That is the question facing Connecticut’s vaccine advisory group as they decide which people come next in line. New shipments of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccine are arriving every week, and after health care workers, some say Black and Latino communities need prioritization. Sat, 26 Dec 2020 04:00:00 Z https://www.cancer.gov/grants-training/grants-funding/funding-opportunities/oia/award-recipients https://www.cancer.gov/grants-training/grants-funding/funding-opportunities/oia/award-recipients The National Cancer Institute has named Daniel DiMaio, MD, PhD, a recipient of its Outstanding Investigator Award. Thu, 22 Oct 2020 04:00:00 Z https://www.yalemedicine.org/news/temperature-checks-covid https://www.yalemedicine.org/news/temperature-checks-covid Yale Medicine experts explain what body temperature means, as screening becomes common during COVID-19. Thu, 30 Jul 2020 04:00:00 Z https://news.yale.edu/2020/07/13/covid-19-screening-shows-yale-ready-able-detect-campus-cases https://news.yale.edu/2020/07/13/covid-19-screening-shows-yale-ready-able-detect-campus-cases Yale launched the pilot program May 20. Since then, the university has tested nearly 1,500 faculty members, students, and staff — including essential workers who have been on campus throughout the pandemic and those who returned after June 1 as part of Yale’s phased laboratory reactivation plan. Mon, 13 Jul 2020 04:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/niccolai/news-article/yale-researchers-tackle-covid-19-and-learn-from-patients-with-cancer/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/niccolai/news-article/yale-researchers-tackle-covid-19-and-learn-from-patients-with-cancer/ Across Yale Cancer Center this spring, most research labs shut down to protect their personnel from COVID-19. To protect patients, clinical trial enrollment also took a two month pause. But several of our researchers with relevant expertise have continued to conduct critical research on SARS-CoV-2, the deadly new coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Wed, 08 Jul 2020 04:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/niccolai/news-article/2020-evelyn-g-laufer-award/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/niccolai/news-article/2020-evelyn-g-laufer-award/ 2020 Evelyn G. Laufer Award Thu, 02 Jul 2020 04:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/niccolai/news-article/contact-tracingan-essential-tool-of-public-healthbeing-used-by-yale-students-to-slow-pandemic/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/niccolai/news-article/contact-tracingan-essential-tool-of-public-healthbeing-used-by-yale-students-to-slow-pandemic/ Contact tracing is a pillar of public health, and when done quickly—and correctly—it saves lives. Yale students, who might otherwise have learned about this classic public health intervention in textbooks or lectures, are actively engaged in it, working the phones each day. Thu, 07 May 2020 04:00:00 Z https://www.wnpr.org/post/army-covid-19-contact-tracers-will-scour-connecticut-virus-exposures https://www.wnpr.org/post/army-covid-19-contact-tracers-will-scour-connecticut-virus-exposures Ilana Usiskin said when she picks up the phone to call someone infected with coronavirus, she’ll often ask them to think back over the past few days. Wed, 06 May 2020 04:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/niccolai/news-article/the-second-covid-themed-deans-virtual-workshop-highlights-community-partnerships/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/niccolai/news-article/the-second-covid-themed-deans-virtual-workshop-highlights-community-partnerships/ Dean Nancy J. Brown, MD, spotlighted partnerships that are, in her words, “collaborating across institutional boundaries for the benefit of our community.” Wed, 29 Apr 2020 04:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/niccolai/news-article/at-deans-virtual-workshop-yale-scientists-describe-their-work-to-halt-covid-19-pandemic/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/niccolai/news-article/at-deans-virtual-workshop-yale-scientists-describe-their-work-to-halt-covid-19-pandemic/ Nine researchers who discussed their coronavirus work during a Dean’s Workshop on COVID-19 Research at Yale convened by medical school Dean Nancy J. Brown, MD. Thu, 09 Apr 2020 04:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/niccolai/news-article/ysph-researcher-testifies-in-favor-of-bill-requiring-student-vaccinations/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/niccolai/news-article/ysph-researcher-testifies-in-favor-of-bill-requiring-student-vaccinations/ Yale School of Public Health Professor Linda Niccolai, PhD, has worked extensively on human papillomavirus vaccination, specifically on how a widely available vaccine can prevent young people from getting this virus that can cause six types of cancer later in life. Fri, 21 Feb 2020 04:00:00 Z https://www.courant.com/politics/hc-pol-vaccine-hearing-finishes-20200220-qtosibat55gl3kjy4gkltj4d74-story.html https://www.courant.com/politics/hc-pol-vaccine-hearing-finishes-20200220-qtosibat55gl3kjy4gkltj4d74-story.html A public hearing at the state Capitol on childhood vaccinations wrapped up shortly after 8 a.m. Thursday after raging more than 20 hours and through the night, sustained by upset moms from around the state who recoil at the prospect of government telling them how to take care of their children. Thu, 20 Feb 2020 04:00:00 Z https://www.wshu.org/post/mandating-hpv-vaccine#stream/0 https://www.wshu.org/post/mandating-hpv-vaccine#stream/0 Bills working their way through the Connecticut and New York state legislatures would mandate that children entering 9th grade and 7th grade, respectively, get an HPV vaccination. Linda Niccolai, professor of epidemioloogy and director of the CT Emerging Infections Program, is featured as a panelist. Thu, 23 Jan 2020 04:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/niccolai/news-article/yale-cancer-center-presents-research-awards-during-annual-conclave/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/niccolai/news-article/yale-cancer-center-presents-research-awards-during-annual-conclave/ Yale Cancer Center (YCC) held its annual Conclave and award ceremony at the New Haven Country Club on Monday, January 13. Wed, 22 Jan 2020 04:00:00 Z https://www.statnews.com/2019/11/15/vaccination-saves-adult-lives/ https://www.statnews.com/2019/11/15/vaccination-saves-adult-lives/ Vaccines are among the simplest, most effective, and least expensive ways to prevent serious, and often deadly, diseases. Yet vaccination seems to be an afterthought for many adults. Fri, 15 Nov 2019 04:00:00 Z https://fox61.com/2019/09/24/september-is-gynecological-cancer-awareness-month/ https://fox61.com/2019/09/24/september-is-gynecological-cancer-awareness-month/ Gynecologic cancers kill close to 30,000 women each year in the U.S., but many of those deaths can be avoided through prevention and awareness. Tue, 24 Sep 2019 04:00:00 Z https://www.ctinsider.com/news/nhregister/article/Yale-Cancer-Center-scientist-urges-widespread-HPV-14438919.php?cmpid=gsa-nhregister-result&_ga=2.25750393.510620620.1568572932-1606218583.1568572932 https://www.ctinsider.com/news/nhregister/article/Yale-Cancer-Center-scientist-urges-widespread-HPV-14438919.php?cmpid=gsa-nhregister-result&_ga=2.25750393.510620620.1568572932-1606218583.1568572932 It’s a two-shot vaccination that helps prevent six types of cancer. The vaccine prevents infection by the human papillomavirus, the most common sexually transmitted infection, 95 percent of the time, said Linda Niccolai, a professor of epidemiology at the Yale School of Public Health and an associate of the Yale Cancer Center. Sun, 15 Sep 2019 04:00:00 Z https://fox61.com/2019/09/05/doctors-working-on-better-hpv-vaccination-coverage-for-pre-teens-and-teens/ https://fox61.com/2019/09/05/doctors-working-on-better-hpv-vaccination-coverage-for-pre-teens-and-teens/ The vaccine for Human Papilloma Virus, according to recent studies, is working better than expected, even though vaccination rates in both Connecticut and the country are stagnating well below the target rate. To increase those rates, health experts are recommending doctors urge parents to get the vaccine for their pre-teens and teenagers as part of a back-to-school checkup. Thu, 05 Sep 2019 04:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/niccolai/news-article/vaccinations-why-all-the-controversy/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/niccolai/news-article/vaccinations-why-all-the-controversy/ Controversy continues to swirl around vaccinations, despite scientific consensus that they are safe and effective. To sort the science from the news, an interdisciplinary group of experts from the Yale faculty held a discussion during the AYA Assembly, held on November 19. Tue, 01 Dec 2015 04:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/niccolai/news-article/precancerous-cervical-lesions-among-young-women-declining-in-connecticut/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/niccolai/news-article/precancerous-cervical-lesions-among-young-women-declining-in-connecticut/ The finding suggests that a vaccine for human papillomavirus may be working. Mon, 16 Dec 2013 04:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/niccolai/news-article/students-present-hpv-research-to-connecticuts-public-health-community/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/niccolai/news-article/students-present-hpv-research-to-connecticuts-public-health-community/ Vaccination against human papillomavirus is an important safeguard for women against cervical cancer. But wide and troubling disparities persists in who receives the potentially lifesaving vaccine. Thu, 11 Nov 2010 04:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/niccolai/news-article/state-urges-cervical-cancer-screening/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/niccolai/news-article/state-urges-cervical-cancer-screening/ Though easily diagnosed and highly preventable, cervical cancer remains the second most common cancer in women and claimed 40 lives in the state of Connecticut last year. Fri, 18 Jan 2008 04:00:00 Z