by William Jester | Apr 6, 2021 | Community, Covid, News
My grandmother used to say “there’s something good in everything.” That’s hard to imagine, considering the past year. With the death toll from the pandemic now standing at over half a million, the scope of human loss is unfathomable, like a math equation that leads to...
by William Jester | Apr 6, 2021 | Community, Covid, News
As more Americans are getting vaccinated against COVID-19 and reporting their post-dose symptoms to the Centers for Disease Control, a pattern has emerged: Women are experiencing stronger side effects from the vaccines than men. In data collected from the first month...
by William Jester | Apr 5, 2021 | Community, Covid, News
Rutgers Global Health Institute has launched a program that offers crucial support to small businesses facing economic and operational challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The program, Equitable Recovery for New Jersey’s Small Businesses, is designed to help small...
by William Jester | Apr 4, 2021 | Community, Covid, News
The New Jersey Department of Children and Families (DCF) in collaboration with the Institute for Families at the Rutgers School of Social Work has launched a new dashboard on the New Jersey Child Welfare Data Hub as part of the state’s ongoing commitment to...
by William Jester | Apr 3, 2021 | Community, Covid, News
Rutgers researchers have designed a new rapid test that can detect all three of the rapidly spreading variants of the coronavirus in a little over one hour – much shorter than the three to five days required by current tests, which can also be more technically...