Healthcare
A Prescription for Rebuilding Trust in the FDA
The FDA should recommit to transparent, evidence-based decision-making, apply its standards consistently, and modernize its regulatory systems, argue Yale SOM’s Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Megan Ranney and Sten Vermund of the Yale School of Public Health, and Harvard neurologist Patricia Greenstein, with co-author Steven Tian.
Mobilizing a System to Treat People with Sickle Cell Disease
Cece Calhoun ’21, medical director of Yale’s Sickle Cell Program, reflects on the challenges of building teams and structures to support patients facing both chronic illness and systemic inequities.
How Public Health Transformed Human Life
For National Public Health Week, Dr. Howard Forman surveys two centuries of interventions that together doubled human life expectancy, a triumph of science, policy, and collective action.
Building a For-Profit Health Model That Reaches the Poorest
A wellness app created by Nneka Mobisson ’04 aims to help Nigerians manage chronic health conditions—while showing that for-profit innovation can make a difference for low-income populations.
Do the New Obesity Drugs Pay for Themselves?
Could expensive drugs like Ozempic save healthcare systems money by reducing the risk of obesity-associated diseases? A new study co-authored by Yale SOM’s Jason Abaluck suggests that other health expenses may actually increase over the first couple years of treatment.
We Don’t Know If Tylenol Can Cause Autism—and That Didn’t Change Last Monday
Dr. Howard Forman responds to the White House press conference drawing a link between the use of acetaminophen by pregnant women and cases of autism.
When Private Practices Merge with Hospital Systems, Costs Go Up
Private practices are vanishing as more doctors join large hospital systems. This increasing consolidation is reducing competition and raising prices, according to a study co-authored by Yale SOM’s Fiona Scott Morton.
Can a Clinic Comply with Trump’s Executive Orders Without Leaving Patients Behind?
For more than 50 years, New Haven’s Fair Haven Community Health Care has provided care to immigrants and other vulnerable populations. We talked with CEO Suzanne Lagarde ’14 about how the organization is grappling with federal executive orders and budget cuts that threaten its mission.
The Science and Politics of Vaccines Collide
Dr. Howard Forman reflects on heartening new evidence for the effectiveness of the HPV vaccine—and troubling signs of vaccine skepticism from the Trump administration.
Understanding the Healthcare Impact of Mass Firings in Washington
The scale of cuts to the federal healthcare workforce is now coming into focus. Dr. Howard Forman explains the potential life-and-death consequences of cuts to key programs and the departure of longtime leaders.
The Consequences of Slashing Medicaid Spending
Congressional Republicans are looking to make deep budget cuts, and Medicaid spending is a target. Yale SOM’s Dr. Howard Forman says that large-scale reductions in the program would hit the poorest states and the most vulnerable Americans especially hard.
