by William Jester | Nov 1, 2021 | Community, Covid, News
The COVID-19 pandemic has inflicted incalculable harm on New Jersey’s public school students. But these harms do not have to continue. We now have the tools to keep students in school, where they desperately need to be. And yet, school closures and quarantines...
by William Jester | Nov 1, 2021 | Community, News
Virtual Community Engagement Salon 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 engagement in the...
by William Jester | Oct 30, 2021 | Community, Covid, News
No one understands the stress a nurse faces on the job better than another nurse. And nothing has caused more stress for nurses than the COVID pandemic, as front-line caregivers guard against exposure to the coronavirus, witness patient deaths and worry about family...
by William Jester | Oct 29, 2021 | Community, Covid, News
Rutgers University-Camden and a local nonprofit recruited 15 barbers to help answer client questions about the COVID-19 vaccine. Other barbers and hair salons are working on a similar initiative. Public health officials in Philadelphia want people to go to barbershops...
by William Jester | Oct 28, 2021 | Community, Covid, News
The Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have now authorized COVID-19 boosters for people who received the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines. (The agencies authorized the Pfizer booster about a month earlier.) That...
