The Threat of Air Pollution and What We Can do About it
BY ESSEY AFEWERKI On February 25th, 2026, Yale University’s School of Public Health was fortunate enough to host Dr. Sara Dubowsky Adar (ScD, MHS), professor of Epidemiology at the University of Michigan’s School of Public Health. Dr. Adar’s presentation, “Air Pollution Research to Inform Public Health Policy and Action,” outlined several of her key research …
Using Science for Good: Dr. Albert Ko and his Career in Global Health
BY PAIGE MAHONEY According to Dr. Albert Ko, MD, an infectious disease specialist and epidemiologist at the Yale School of Public Health (YSPH), “we cannot lose an opportunity to use science to correct injustice.” This principle has guided him since the beginning of his career, and it was a central throughline in his lecture on…
Essential but Unaffordable – Why Medicines Old and New Remain Out of Reach
BY SHARNA SAHA The refrigerator hums softly behind the pharmacy counter, its shelves lined with neat rows of insulin vials. The liquid inside is colorless, unremarkable — yet for millions, it is the difference between life and death. At the register, a plastic insurance card slides across the counter; the receipt that prints moments later…
The Ongoing Battle for LGBTQ+ Human Rights in the United States
BY SYDNEY KIM Many people have heard the phrase, “that is so gay.” Although it is sometimes dismissed as a harmless joke, it reflects another unconscious way of perpetuating discrimination and outdated societal views from a time when being queer meant being “othered” and seen as unfavorable. During the 1970s and 1980s, the burgeoning modern…
The Impact of Ethiopia’s Program on Reducing Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission
BY RADIATE FASIL & FADHINA PETIT-CLAIR Introduction Mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV remains a significant global health challenge. MTCT can occur during pregnancy, labor, delivery, and breastfeeding, and over 90% of children with HIV are believed to have contracted the disease through one of these routes. Without breastfeeding, MTCT occurs in 15–30% of cases; however,…
Prostate Cancer in Africa: When Silence Becomes a Death Sentence
BY ABDUR RAHMAN-OLADOJA Across much of sub-Saharan Africa, prostate cancer unfolds quietly, away from the urgency and visibility that other global health crises often command. It is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in African men, yet among the least resourced. This disparity reflects not only infrastructural shortcomings but also systemic neglect—an imbalance that exposes the…
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