Scientists want to know if exposure to PFAS, a toxic class of chemicals, can contribute to severe illness from COVID-19 or reduce the effectiveness of vaccines. Known as forever chemicals because they don’t naturally break down in the environment, PFAS can cause...
Sebastian Acevedo didn’t always know he wanted to be a doctor. He’s currently a medical student at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, but experiences as a child helping his parents navigate U.S. health care opened his eyes to the system’s many flaws. When Acevedo was...
With the first confirmed case of the Omicron coronavirus identified today in the United States and as the variant continues to spread around the world, scientists are working to evaluate the risks and answer critical questions such as whether the variant is more...
As the world learns to live with COVID-19, there is some debate as to who is best to decide how to manage the risk of the virus. The dean of the Rutgers School of Public health says that people should be able to make the decisions for themselves. “People are tired of...
Raelynn Taylor, a second grader from Franklin Park who was the first child under age 12 to be immunized at Rutgers’ COVID-19 vaccine clinic at the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy Wednesday, said she could not wait to tell her classmates about the experience. “I’m...
