Yale University

“When cases go up, we tighten the faucet a little bit, we shut down people’s opportunities to interact with each other so much,” said New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker after a leading indicator showed another spike in COVID-19 cases. COVID-19 testing shows an average of eight cases per day per 100,000 people in New Haven. Recent sewage surveillance, which can...

Testing of wastewater in the New Haven area has shown a recent spike in COVID-19 concentration in the sewage, which could be an indicator of a subsequent spike in cases in the coming days.

A group of scientists at Yale University are using wastewater from sewage plants and sewers to predict were new coronavirus outbreaks might pop-up, giving communities a chance to stop them before they start

Members of Yale University’s men’s hockey team who are in the New Haven area are in quarantine and the school is raising its COVID-19 alert status after 18 members of the team tested positive for coronavirus. All varsity athletic teams and intramural programs have ceased in-person training activities for at least the coming week and some athletic facilities, including...

The men’s hockey team at Yale is in quarantine after 18 members tested positive for COVID-19.

In recent days, the White House has appeared to embrace the concept of “herd immunity” as a way to return to normal life despite the coronavirus. Dr. Jay Wolfson, the senior associate dean at the University of South Florida’s Morsani College of Medicine, helps us understand the high risk of relying on this strategy to stop the spread of COVID-19....

Yale Golf Course, which has been called a masterpiece in design, is the top rated college course in the country. “It’s my favorite course in the area,” said Branford’s Alan Forman. “It’s as hard as I was expecting it to be, it’s as beautiful as I was expecting it be,” said Christian Williams, of Coventry. However, the course has...

New research is coming out of Yale University that’s taking a look at the correlation of COVID-19 cases and in-person child care. “I was a little surprised,” Dr. Walter Gilliam, professor of Child Psychiatry & Psychology at Yale Child Studies Center, said of the finding. The surprise comes from a survey he and a group of Yale University researchers...

Parents of young children are struggling during the pandemic with the decision over whether to send their kids to a child care program.

The Justice Department sued Yale University on Thursday, weeks after prosecutors found the university was illegally discriminating against Asian American and white applicants, in violation of federal civil rights law.

“We’re excited he made it to Yale but we’re also missing him already,” said dad Bharat Misra, as he talked to his son Rishi Monday. It wasn’t a normal face-to-face conversation between a father and son. Rishi was several stories above, Bharat on the street below. That’s how parents say goodbye to their college students in the age of...

Students at Yale University had a much different move-in day than they’re used to in the age of COVID-19.

A saliva-based COVID-19 test developed by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health was granted an emergency use authorization by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The test, called SalivaDirect, is simpler, less expensive and less invasive than nasopharyngeal swabbing. So far, testing has shown similar outcomes to that of swabbing, according to Yale. “With saliva being...

A Justice Department investigation has found Yale University is illegally discriminating against Asian American and white applicants, in violation of federal civil rights law, officials said Thursday.

In just a few weeks, students from all over the world will return to five colleges and universities around New Haven. City officials say they’ve been planning for the influx as the COVID-19 pandemic wears on. It starts with the three institutions in the city, each with a COVID-19 planning team and a point of contact that is in...

A task force of staff members at Quinnipiac University is preparing for students to return this fall.

At a moment of racial reckoning across the country, artist Barbara Earl Thomas is lending her voice through her work to help Yale address its complicated legacy on race. The University selected the Seattle-based artist to create a new set of stained glass windows to adorn Grace Hopper College. The student residence hall was previously named for John C. Calhoun,…

Yale has chosen an accomplished African American artist to help shine new light on part of the campus’ complicated past.

Getting tested for COVID-19 might be earlier than you think. The president and CEO of Charter Oak Health explains how it works.