Latest News from Chronic Disease Epidemiology

Early exposure to PFAS, a group of widely used compounds known as "forever chemicals," was associated with a higher risk of acute lymphoblastic leukemia, the most common childhood cancer, according to University of California, Irvine Joe C. Wen School of Population & Public Health researchers.

These "silent" signs can be easy to brush off, but seconds really do matter.

At the Science & Storytelling event, speakers went beyond scientific language to forge genuine connections with the audience, putting human faces behind data and research.

Allergy seasons are now “longer and more intense”, says Dr Katelyn Jetelina, PhD, adjunct professor of epidemiology at the Yale School of Public Health.

March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. In this 3 Essential Questions feature, Yale School of Public Health’s Dr. Caroline Johnson and Dr. Sunny Siddique answer your key colon cancer questions.

Federal health officials have backed away from an effort to more heavily regulate indoor tanning. YSPH epidemiologist Susan Mayne says a survey of people with skin cancer revealed many had frequented indoor tanning beds, particularly young women.

Black lung cancer patients are less likely to receive surgery or radiation therapy aimed at curing their cancer compared to white patients, a new Yale-led study says. “The past 30 years have seen tremendous progress in our fundamental understanding of lung cancer and the development of new treatment strategies,” senior researcher Dr. Cary Gross, a professor at Yale School of Medicine, said in a news release.

In recent decades, lung cancer treatment has been transformed—new surgeries, new radiation techniques, and dramatically improved outcomes. But according to new research from Yale, one thing has barely changed: who receives curative care.

Celebrated author Angie Thomas recently partnered with the Yale School of Public Health’s Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative to showcase the power of storytelling to an audience of highly-engaged students at New Haven’s Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School.