by William Jester | May 30, 2020 | Community, Covid, News
Rutgers has launched a clinical trial to test the safety and efficacy of an oral anti-inflammatory drug that could help prevent serious illness and death in early-stage COVID-19 patients. The drug, EDP1815, developed by Evelo Biosciences Inc., will be given to newly...
by William Jester | May 29, 2020 | Community
Website created to house resources for parents with children struggling with behavior at home. Got a kindergartener who refuses to practice their sight words? An out-of-sorts elementary schooler who’s experiencing nightmares? A middle schooler whose math teacher just...
by William Jester | May 28, 2020 | Community, News
The New Jersey Legislature postponed a final vote last year on a vaccine bill that would have put an end to religious exemptions from vaccinations for all students enrolled in public and private schools and colleges statewide. The vote occurred against a backdrop of...
by William Jester | May 27, 2020 | Community, Covid, News
New York Knicks fans are used to seeing Tara Rappleyea on centercourt, but now she’s wearing a different kind of uniform. The 27-year-old is a dancer for the Knicks City Dancers — and a nurse at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in the intensive care unit...
by William Jester | May 26, 2020 | Community, Covid, News
Children, teens and young adults are at greater risk for severe complications from COVID-19 than previously thought and those with underlying health conditions are at even greater risk, according to a study coauthored by a Rutgers researcher. The study, published...