by Pamela Dahlen | Jan 28, 2022 | Community, Covid, News
Medical community weighs what ‘living with’ COVID-19 would mean Unlike the flu, COVID-19 is not currently considered endemic in the U.S., meaning a manageable disease that always causes a certain amount of sickness, perhaps spiking at times, and is confined to one or...
by William Jester | Jan 27, 2022 | Community, News
Viruses outnumber humans by about 400 trillion to one, and yet pandemics are rare. Why? Why do a few viruses inflict so much damage, when the vast majority are harmless or even helpful? Those questions drive A.J. te Velthuis, a virologist who joined Princeton’s...
by William Jester | Jan 26, 2022 | Community, News
Call for Requests: Community Engagement Virtual Salons (CEVS) The NJ ACTS CEC Virtual Community Engagement Salons bring researchers together with patients, community members and health care stakeholders to actively participate in cross-talk — to incubate ideas for...
by Pamela Dahlen | Jan 26, 2022 | Community, Covid, News
Rising numbers of organ transplants, trauma cases, and elective surgeries postponed by the COVID-19 pandemic have caused an increase in the need for blood products. The Red Cross said in a recent statement that the dangerously low blood supply levels are posing a...
by William Jester | Jan 26, 2022 | Community, Covid, News
In an episode of the Bloomberg Balance of Power podcast titled “Responding to the Omicron Variant,” Rutgers Global Health Institute director Richard Marlink speaks with host David Westin about the current state of the pandemic. Among the topics Marlink discusses are...
