Tag: Yale University

NIH Doing Too Little to Stop Sexual Harassment Cases Among Its Grant Recipients, House Committee Chair Alleges

A powerful House committee chair wants an explanation for the National Institutes for Health’s (NIH) foot-dragging on more than 300 sexual harassment reports from women working for grantees like Yale University that get billions of dollars annually from the agency in federal research grants. Noting that NIH has ignored her Aug. 11, 2022, request for…


Yale Pediatric Program Helps ‘Gender Expansive’ 3-Year-Olds on Their ‘Gender Journeys’

A pediatric program at Yale University has sparked an outrage after its director said it helps children as young as 3 with their “gender journeys” through “medical intervention.” Dr. Christy Olezeski, a clinical psychologist who co-founded and directs the Yale Pediatric Gender Program, was filmed describing the program as one that works with “gender expansive…


Study: Eating Less May Lead to a Healthy Longevity

Many people believe that “eating well, three meals a day” is a good habit for healthy longevity. However, monks have a saying “do not eat after noon.” Restricting appetite helps to practice meditation and maintain good health. In recent years, many pieces of research undertaken by scientists on “caloric restriction” have confirmed that reducing daily…


Aaron Sibarium on Woke Law Students: ‘A Transformation of Legal Institutions From Within’

The rise of woke ideology and the subsequent erosion of open debate at prestigious law schools is transforming America’s legal institutions from within, warns Aaron Sibarium, the writer behind the Washington Free Beacon’s reporting of ongoing hostilities toward conservative law students at Yale University. In May, a report by Sibarium drew renewed attention to the…


Experimental Drug Repairs Neuron Junctions Losses, Gives Hope for Dementia Patients

A study by Yale University has found a Silent Allosteric Modulation (SAM) drug named BMS-984923to be capable of recovering neuronal synapse losses in mice models for Alzheimer’s disease (AD), creating hope for human dementia patients affected by AD. Synapse [neuronal connection] loss “disrupt neural networks and cause cognitive decline seen in Alzheimer’s,” said Dr. Stephen…


New Report Details Dangers of Plastics, Microplastics

The medical nonprofit Environment and Human Health, Inc. (EHHI) has issued a research report outlining how plastics and microplastics may jeopardize both human health and the natural world. Released Jan. 11, the report highlights a few staggering statistics on plastics use. Notably, the plastic generated every year weighs in at roughly 380 million metric tons,…


Matt Amodio’s History-Making Run on TV’s ‘Jeopardy!’ Ends

NEW YORK—All good things must come to an end and Matt Amodio’s historic run on “Jeopardy!” did just that on Monday’s show, leaving the Yale doctoral student with 38 wins and more than $1.5 million in prize money. Amodio failed to answer the Final Jeopardy! clue correctly and came third on Monday’s show, his streak…


Yale to Require Vaccinations for Faculty, Staff

Yale University is requiring its faculty and staff to get coronavirus vaccinations before the fall term, extending a requirement already imposed for students. The private university says faculty members, staffers and academic trainees must be fully inoculated by Aug. 1, although there are provisions for exemptions for reasons based on medical conditions or religious or…


Yale, Columbia to Mandate CCP Virus Vaccinations for Students

Yale University and Columbia University are joining a growing list of institutions that will require students to be vaccinated for the fall semester. The two universities posted notices on Monday stipulating that all students who plan to be on campus at the start of the fall 2021 semester must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, the disease caused…


Yale Psychiatrist Who Declared Trump Mentally Unfit Gets Fired, Sues School

A former psychiatry professor at Yale University is suing the Ivy League school, alleging that she was fired because of her mental health diagnosis of President Donald Trump, whom she had never met. Dr. Bandy Lee, who previously worked as an affiliated faculty member in the psychiatry department of Yale’s medical school, on Monday filed…