https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/ysph/news-rss/?keywordId=227&orgId=109082&title=Recent+News A selection of the latest research, academic, and other newsworthy developments at Yale School of Public Health en-us Copyright 2026 Yale School of Medicine Fri, 15 May 2026 08:22:31 Z https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/james-agbodzakey-mph-26-graduating-student-spotlight/ https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/james-agbodzakey-mph-26-graduating-student-spotlight/ James Agbodzakey, MPH ’26, is a graduating student in the Advanced Professional MPH program. Wed, 13 May 2026 17:00:00 Z https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/emma-bebarta-mph-26-graduating-student-spotlight/ https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/emma-bebarta-mph-26-graduating-student-spotlight/ Emma Bebarta, MPH ’26 , is a graduating student in Social and Behavioral Sciences. Wed, 13 May 2026 17:00:00 Z https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/swarnima-bhattacharya-mph-26-graduating-student-spotlight/ https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/swarnima-bhattacharya-mph-26-graduating-student-spotlight/ Swarnima Bhattacharya, MPH ’26, is a graduating student in the Advanced Professional MPH program. Wed, 13 May 2026 17:00:00 Z https://www.npr.org/2026/05/12/nx-s1-5818438/former-cdc-official-on-agencys-role-in-cruise-ship-hantavirus-outbreak https://www.npr.org/2026/05/12/nx-s1-5818438/former-cdc-official-on-agencys-role-in-cruise-ship-hantavirus-outbreak NPR's Michel Martin speaks with former CDC Chief Medical Officer Debra Houry about what role the CDC should play in helping Americans exposed to hantavirus. Tue, 12 May 2026 04:00:00 Z https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/04/health/video/hantavirus-outbreak-cruise-lead-jake-tapper https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/04/health/video/hantavirus-outbreak-cruise-lead-jake-tapper Hantavirus image. Tue, 05 May 2026 04:00:00 Z https://www.nysun.com/article/pakistani-officials-look-for-any-cause-but-negligence-to-explain-surge-in-hiv-cases-among-children-2?gift=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJnaWZ0RnJvbSI6InljczVubTZ1anlseiIsImlhdCI6MTc3NzczMzQ0NCwiZXhwIjoxNzgwMzI1NDQ0fQ.MvvkNWnU6F1Znv9ZIh3cmXHsKh-x_ycja9Pa0nofypI https://www.nysun.com/article/pakistani-officials-look-for-any-cause-but-negligence-to-explain-surge-in-hiv-cases-among-children-2?gift=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJnaWZ0RnJvbSI6InljczVubTZ1anlseiIsImlhdCI6MTc3NzczMzQ0NCwiZXhwIjoxNzgwMzI1NDQ0fQ.MvvkNWnU6F1Znv9ZIh3cmXHsKh-x_ycja9Pa0nofypI Hundreds of Pakistani children received contaminated shots at a state hospital — and officials keep looking the other way Sat, 02 May 2026 04:00:00 Z https://www.financialexpress.com/world-news/us-news/measles-outbreak-costs-explode-in-us-study-flags-7-8bn-crisis-as-vaccination-rates-decline/4207976/?ref=world_hp https://www.financialexpress.com/world-news/us-news/measles-outbreak-costs-explode-in-us-study-flags-7-8bn-crisis-as-vaccination-rates-decline/4207976/?ref=world_hp Study flags 7.8bn crisis as vaccination rates decline. Wed, 15 Apr 2026 04:00:00 Z https://medicine.yale.edu/ysph/about-school-of-public-health/communications-public-relations/publications/public-health-magazine/article/moving-global-health-forward-in-times-of-change/ https://medicine.yale.edu/ysph/about-school-of-public-health/communications-public-relations/publications/public-health-magazine/article/moving-global-health-forward-in-times-of-change/ Dr. Ingrid T. Katz, MD, MHS, became the director of the Yale Institute for Global Health (YIGH) in January. She leads YIGH at a time of significant shifts in global health funding and programmatic support. In an interview, she gives her thoughts on how to move global health forward in times of change, and her hopes for YIGH. Tue, 24 Feb 2026 05:00:00 Z https://abcnews.go.com/US/underground-railroad-saving-ukraines-children-russia/story?utm_sf_cserv_ref=28785486&id=129496436&cid=social_twitter_abcn&utm_sf_post_ref=659918732 https://abcnews.go.com/US/underground-railroad-saving-ukraines-children-russia/story?utm_sf_cserv_ref=28785486&id=129496436&cid=social_twitter_abcn&utm_sf_post_ref=659918732 The humanitarian group Save Ukraine is rescuing the country's children from Russia in a special operation described by its CEO as the "underground railroad." The Humanitarian Research Lab at Yale School of Public Health has been investigating and documenting missing Ukrainian children. Fri, 23 Jan 2026 05:00:00 Z https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/study-examines-gestational-diabetes-in-american-samoan-women/ https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/study-examines-gestational-diabetes-in-american-samoan-women/ A research team led by Dr. Nicola Hawley, PhD, hopes its findings will lead to a better future for gestational diabetes screening recommendations and treatment. Tue, 09 Dec 2025 05:00:00 Z https://ctmirror.org/2025/11/28/yale-malaria-research-federal-cuts/ https://ctmirror.org/2025/11/28/yale-malaria-research-federal-cuts/ Despite cuts in federal funding for global health research, Yale School of Public Health Associate Professor Amy Bei has continued her work with support from alternate funding sources. Mon, 01 Dec 2025 05:00:00 Z https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/from-surviving-to-thriving-a-scholars-journey-at-yale/ https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/from-surviving-to-thriving-a-scholars-journey-at-yale/ Scholar-at-Risk Eman Salih says her time at YSPH has been defined by the expansion of ideas, partnerships, and hope. Wed, 19 Nov 2025 05:00:00 Z https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/ysph-alumna-applying-laboratory-skills-to-improve-global-health/ https://ysph.yale.edu/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://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-fall-of-el-fasher https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-fall-of-el-fasher YSPH war crimes investigator Nathaniel Raymond describes the desperate humanitarian situation in Sudan following the fall of the key city of El Fasher. Fri, 07 Nov 2025 05:00:00 Z https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10/29/horrific-violations-arab-nations-slam-rsf-killings-in-sudans-el-fasher https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10/29/horrific-violations-arab-nations-slam-rsf-killings-in-sudans-el-fasher Yale war crimes investigator Nathaniel Raymond describes "clear evidence of mass killings" as paramilitary forces capture key city of El Fasher in Sudan. Tue, 28 Oct 2025 04:00:00 Z https://macmillan.yale.edu/southasia/stories/service-healthier-communities-brian-wahl-drives-change-through-partnership-uttar https://macmillan.yale.edu/southasia/stories/service-healthier-communities-brian-wahl-drives-change-through-partnership-uttar Yale School of Public Health Assistant Professor Brian Wahl's SEWARTH initiative is an innovative model of global collaboration. Dr. Wahl, along with international colleagues, works closely with local communities and government sectors in helping to develop training and other programs to improve population health in Uttar Pradesh in northern India. Tue, 14 Oct 2025 04:00:00 Z https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOzhIzWAF10 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOzhIzWAF10 Nathaniel Raymond, Executive Director of the Humanitarian Research Lab at the Yale School of Public Health, joined BBC's Focus on Africa on October 9 to discuss the latest report from the lab's Sudan conflict analytics team. "As we watch them from space, we can see them run into earth walls that are nine feet high with snipers all around," Raymond told Waihiga Mwaura. Thu, 09 Oct 2025 04:00:00 Z https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/yale-researchers-develop-novel-test-for-leptospirosis/ https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/yale-researchers-develop-novel-test-for-leptospirosis/ In a new study, Yale School of Medicine researchers unveiled a novel diagnostic method for detecting leptospiral virulence-modifying proteins in the blood and urine of hamsters, an advance that could pave the way for early diagnosis in humans and improved understanding of the tropical disease leptospirosis. Mon, 29 Sep 2025 13:00:00 Z https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEN_-B66aUM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEN_-B66aUM Executive Director of the Humanitarian Research Lab at the Yale School of Public Health, Nathaniel Raymond, joined BBC World News on September 19 to discuss a drone strike on a mosque in the Sudanese city of El Fasher that killed at least 75 people. “This is the sum of all fears," said Raymond. Fri, 19 Sep 2025 04:00:00 Z https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/world/europe/russia-re-education-camps-ukrainian-children.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/world/europe/russia-re-education-camps-ukrainian-children.html War crime investigators with the Yale School of Public Health's Humanitarian Research Lab have discovered a program for the re-education and military training of Ukrainian children in Russia that is much larger than earlier estimates. Tue, 16 Sep 2025 04:00:00 Z https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/world/asia/anti-vaccine-america-world-covid.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/world/asia/anti-vaccine-america-world-covid.html The U.S. government's reassessment of long-standing vaccination policies has experts concerned. “The steady weakening of U.S. government support for all aspects of vaccination will invariably weaken our response to vaccine-preventable diseases around the world," says YSPH Associate Professor Jason L. Schwartz. Mon, 15 Sep 2025 04:00:00 Z https://www.dw.com/en/thousands-of-children-forcibly-taken-from-ukraine-by-russia/a-73967242 https://www.dw.com/en/thousands-of-children-forcibly-taken-from-ukraine-by-russia/a-73967242 Ukraine insists on the return of children who were forcibly transferred from occupied Ukrainian territories to Russia, saying it is a ceasefire condition. YSPH's Humanitarian Research Lab has been actively involved in identifying the missing children. Fri, 12 Sep 2025 04:00:00 Z https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/long-range-kamikaze-drones-seen-near-rsf-base-could-worsen-conflict-sudan-2025-09-12/ https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/long-range-kamikaze-drones-seen-near-rsf-base-could-worsen-conflict-sudan-2025-09-12/ Yale School of Public Health's Humanitarian Research Lab has identified more than a dozen long-range kamikaze drones near an airport controlled by Sudan's Rapid Support Forces. The weaponry signals a potential dramatic escalation of the ongoing civil war. Fri, 12 Sep 2025 04:00:00 Z https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/new-director-chosen-for-yale-institute-for-global-health/ https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/new-director-chosen-for-yale-institute-for-global-health/ Nationally recognized physician-scientist Dr. Ingrid T. Katz, MD, MHS, has been appointed as the new director of the Yale Institute for Global Health, effective Jan. 1, 2026. Thu, 11 Sep 2025 04:00:00 Z https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/10/how-russia-is-grooming-ukraines-children-to-fight-for-it-i-understood-it-wasnt-just-play https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/10/how-russia-is-grooming-ukraines-children-to-fight-for-it-i-understood-it-wasnt-just-play Abducted children and those from occupied territories are turning up in Russia’s military-style training camps, with fears that some are already on the frontline. The Yale School of Public Health's Humanitarian Research Lab has been investigating the whereabouts of the missing children. Wed, 10 Sep 2025 04:00:00 Z https://www.nbcnews.com/world/ukraine/fate-thousands-ukrainian-children-kidnapped-russia-hangs-balance-talks-rcna225074 https://www.nbcnews.com/world/ukraine/fate-thousands-ukrainian-children-kidnapped-russia-hangs-balance-talks-rcna225074 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has repeatedly raised the issue of abducted children as a priority issue in ongoing peace talks with Russia. Yale School of Public Health's Humanitarian Research Lab has been documenting the forced relocation of the children. Sun, 07 Sep 2025 04:00:00 Z https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/03/Tv/video/amanpour-paula-newton-ukrainian-children-yale-humanitarian-research-lab https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/03/Tv/video/amanpour-paula-newton-ukrainian-children-yale-humanitarian-research-lab CNN's Paula Newton speaks to Caitlin Howarth, Director of Conflict Analytics at the Yale School of Public Health's Humanitarian Research Lab, about the urgent need to bring home the thousands of Ukrainian children forcefully deported to Russia. Thu, 04 Sep 2025 04:00:00 Z https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/ko-to-serve-as-president-of-global-infectious-disease-organization/ https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/ko-to-serve-as-president-of-global-infectious-disease-organization/ Dr. Albert Ko, MD, has been selected as the new president-elect of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH), the largest international scientific organization of experts dedicated to reducing the global burden of tropical infectious diseases and enhancing global health. Wed, 03 Sep 2025 04:00:00 Z https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgBkqeqJvq8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgBkqeqJvq8 Executive Director of the Humanitarian Research Lab at the Yale School of Public Health, Nathaniel Raymond, joins CNN’s The Situation Room on Monday, 1 September 2025, to discuss Russia’s abduction of over 35,000 children from Ukraine. Tue, 02 Sep 2025 04:00:00 Z https://www.ft.com/content/d3313835-71ef-47ab-8111-49fad465acca https://www.ft.com/content/d3313835-71ef-47ab-8111-49fad465acca Paramilitary forces have cut off El Fasher, the military government’s final stronghold in the western Darfur region. Sat, 30 Aug 2025 04:00:00 Z https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gz1ekdee3o https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gz1ekdee3o Research from the Yale School of Public Health's Humanitarian Research Lab shows the construction of new earthen berms around the besieged city of el-Fasher in Sudan. Human rights experts fear the earthen walls will trap people inside the city during an ongoing brutal civil war. Fri, 29 Aug 2025 04:00:00 Z https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/khushi-baby-looks-ahead-after-a-decade-of-impact-in-india/ https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/khushi-baby-looks-ahead-after-a-decade-of-impact-in-india/ It all started when Dr. Ruchit Nagar, MD, MPH '16, took the course “Appropriate Technology in the Developing World” while pursuing his MPH at the Yale School of Public Health. The course challenged students to design solutions for real-world problems. Their innovation: a wearable health record for infants that could be paired with a mobile application for health care workers, and dialect-specific vaccine reminders for families. The students called their enterprise Khushi Baby. Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:00 Z https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/2025-hecht-award-recipients-named/ https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/2025-hecht-award-recipients-named/ The Yale Institute for Global Health (YIGH) has named Dr. Drew Cameron, PhD, and Dr. Kaveh Khoshnood, PhD, as the 2025 Hecht Global Health Faculty Network Award recipients. Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 Z https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/cnn-funding-loss-threatens-effort-to-find-missing-children/ https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/cnn-funding-loss-threatens-effort-to-find-missing-children/ Appearing live on CNN on 23 August 2025, Humanitarian Research Lab Executive Director Nathaniel Raymond explains the effort to keep tracking Ukraine's children taken by Russia. Sat, 23 Aug 2025 08:35:00 Z https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80nLlhyKbqU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80nLlhyKbqU Nathaniel Raymond, Executive Director of Humanitarian Research Lab at Yale School of Public Health, spoke to CNN about the lab's work finding missing Ukrainian children. "Now we have, with the help of thousands of ordinary Americans, been able to get back in the fight," said Raymond. "And we're tracking locations where children are held, trying to update those numbers for the Ukrainian government as quickly as possible." Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 Z https://apnews.com/article/sudan-war-military-rsf-kordofan-925e766036aa553fa1c7ada50a94dc94 https://apnews.com/article/sudan-war-military-rsf-kordofan-925e766036aa553fa1c7ada50a94dc94 At least 200 people were killed, including many women and children, during a July 12 attack in Sudan's Kordofan region. It was one of the deadliest assaults since the country's civil war began more than two years ago. Analysis by the Yale School of Public Health's Humanitarian Research Lab shows that a village was "razed and smoldering," and in the nearby city of el-Fasher, hundreds of thousands of people are at risk of starvation due to a war-related blockade around the city. Wed, 20 Aug 2025 04:00:00 Z https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU4jjjs_r-0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU4jjjs_r-0 Yale human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond discusses a deadly attack on a Sudanese refugee camp with Germany's DW news service. Wed, 13 Aug 2025 04:00:00 Z https://www.forbes.com/sites/madhukarpai/2025/08/12/small-investment-big-returns-why-this-nih-center-matters/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/madhukarpai/2025/08/12/small-investment-big-returns-why-this-nih-center-matters/ Nearly 8,500 individuals from 132 countries have trained through the National Institutes of Health's Fogarty programs since 1989, and many have become leaders in their countries. YSPH's Dr. Luke Davis praises the program's benefits. “Fogarty enables us to train the world’s brightest minds to tackle America’s leading health priorities — a high-impact, low-cost investment that keeps us connected to the world,” he said. Tue, 12 Aug 2025 04:00:00 Z https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/collaborative-program-aims-to-improve-study-of-hiv-and-rheumatic-and-musculoskeletal-diseases-in-uganda/ https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/collaborative-program-aims-to-improve-study-of-hiv-and-rheumatic-and-musculoskeletal-diseases-in-uganda/ A new collaborative program, the Ugandan Registry of RMDs in HIV (GEMINI), aims to improve the study of HIV and rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs) in Uganda. Tue, 05 Aug 2025 04:00:00 Z https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2025/7/29/rsf-attacks-compound-humanitarian-crisis-in-sudans-strategic-city https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2025/7/29/rsf-attacks-compound-humanitarian-crisis-in-sudans-strategic-city RSF attacks in North Kordofan are exacerbating the humanitarian crisis in the provincial capital of el-Obeid. Nathaniel Raymond, director of the Humanitarian Research Lab at the Yale School of Public Health, discusses the situation. Tue, 29 Jul 2025 04:00:00 Z https://www.carbonbrief.org/climate-change-is-creating-new-vulnerabilities-for-disease-pandemics/ https://www.carbonbrief.org/climate-change-is-creating-new-vulnerabilities-for-disease-pandemics/ A new research study finds that high temperatures, increased rainfall, and water scarcity associated with climate change are creating “new vulnerabilities” for pandemics. But YSPH Assistant Professor Colin Carlson cautions that the study fails to capture some of the key drivers of zoonotic disease. Wed, 23 Jul 2025 04:00:00 Z https://time.com/7302345/ukraine-lost-children-russia-war/?utm_source=beehiiv&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter-the-brief&_bhlid=f623b10c56e9e40abbfcb349593acd49f0fad6e4 https://time.com/7302345/ukraine-lost-children-russia-war/?utm_source=beehiiv&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter-the-brief&_bhlid=f623b10c56e9e40abbfcb349593acd49f0fad6e4 The Humanitarian Research Lab at Yale School of Public Health has spent the past three years tracking missing Ukraine children through news reports, public databases, and posts on social media, identifying more than 8,400 children who have been “systematically relocated” to Russia. Thu, 17 Jul 2025 04:00:00 Z https://www.ctpublic.org/show/where-we-live/2025-07-17/as-federal-cuts-to-foreign-humanitarian-aid-loom-ct-organizations-speak-out https://www.ctpublic.org/show/where-we-live/2025-07-17/as-federal-cuts-to-foreign-humanitarian-aid-loom-ct-organizations-speak-out YSPH Humanitarian Research Lab Director Nathaniel Raymond provides an update on humanitarian crises in Ukraine and Sudan. He also discusses how federal foreign aid cuts are impacting the lab and other humanitarian aid groups. Thu, 17 Jul 2025 04:00:00 Z https://www.kyivpost.com/post/55460 https://www.kyivpost.com/post/55460 The Ukraine Conflict Observatory at Yale University’s Humanitarian Research Lab (HRL), the leading organization that tracks thousands of Ukrainian children abducted and taken to Russia, announced on Monday that, it would be able to continue its operations until at least October 1, 2025 thanks to the numerous contributions of individual donors. Tue, 01 Jul 2025 04:00:00 Z https://world.yale.edu/news/yale-leaders-visit-greece-to-advance-academic-collaboration-and-deepen-transatlantic-ties https://world.yale.edu/news/yale-leaders-visit-greece-to-advance-academic-collaboration-and-deepen-transatlantic-ties Yale University’s global engagement efforts took center stage in Athens this month, as President Maurie McInnis and former President Peter Salovey traveled to Greece to advance an ambitious academic collaboration with the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA). Vasilis Vasiliou, the Susan Dwight Bliss Professor of Epidemiology and chair of the Department of Environmental Health Sciences at the Yale School of Public Health, initiated Yale’s collaboration with NKUA along with YSPH colleague adjunct professor Nikolaos Thomaidis in 2019. Mon, 30 Jun 2025 04:00:00 Z https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/06/24/trump-funding-cut-ukraine-abducted-children-identities/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/06/24/trump-funding-cut-ukraine-abducted-children-identities/ The Humanitarian Rights Lab at the Yale School of Public Health has played an ‘irreplaceable role’ in tracking missing children during the Russian war with Ukraine, one leading advocate said. The lab is scheduled to shut down on July 1. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 04:00:00 Z https://www.healthaffairs.org/content/forefront/rules-war-alone-aren-t-protecting-health-care https://www.healthaffairs.org/content/forefront/rules-war-alone-aren-t-protecting-health-care The international community should be leveraging all available technologies to document attacks on health care to hold to account perpetrators who attack health care workers, patients, and facilities. Fri, 20 Jun 2025 04:00:00 Z https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/11/politics/group-tracking-abductions-ukraine-shutting-down https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/11/politics/group-tracking-abductions-ukraine-shutting-down The Humanitarian Research Lab at Yale School of Public Health has been tracking the abduction of Ukraine children and other potential crimes against humanity by Russia since 2022. Federal funding for the lab is set to expire July 1. Thu, 12 Jun 2025 04:00:00 Z https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/public-health-needs-to-find-its-way-through-the-in-between/ https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/public-health-needs-to-find-its-way-through-the-in-between/ The summit featured a number of Yale School of Public Health experts discussing a future with radically different funding and priorities. Thu, 12 Jun 2025 04:00:00 Z https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/2025-yale-collaborative-action-project-announced/ https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/2025-yale-collaborative-action-project-announced/ Two student teams representing the Yale School of Public Health and Yale College have received awards from the Yale-Collaborative Action Project (Y-CAP). The Y-CAP awards enable scholarly endeavors for teams of Yale undergraduate and graduate students working in global health. Tue, 10 Jun 2025 04:00:00 Z