NEWS
Rutgers Selected as Backup Center for New National 9-8-8 Mental Health Crisis Line.
The Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care National Call Center has been selected to serve as one of 12 national backup centers that will triage overflow calls made to 9-8-8, a new national hotline for mental health crisis and suicide prevention that launches July...
New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. James' article in the Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics titled, "Adolescent Chronic Health Conditions and School Disconnectedness." School disconnectedness, a feeling or sense of not belonging or fitting in at school, is associated...
Why do some people evade COVID-19 while others get reinfected?
On Monday, nearly 1,200 new COVID-19 cases and two confirmed deaths caused by the disease were reported in New Jersey. While scientists are also turning their attention to the lucky — and rare — individuals who have managed to dodge the coronavirus for more than two...
Rutgers Scientist Who Researches the Sense of Smell Named Rita Allen Foundation Scholar.
Before the COVID-19 pandemic – when losing the sense of smell and taste became a common sign of infection – Kevin Monahan says most people took smell for granted. “Smell has really been underappreciated,” said Monahan, an assistant professor in the Department...
Classic Car Show and Men’s Health Fair Educates Community About Brain Health.
A classic car show and men’s health fair in East Orange provided a chance for Rutgers-Newark neuroscientists to educate the community about protecting brain health and lowering the risk for Alzheimer’s disease. About 125 participants and 20 classic cars---including...
Asthma Medication Not Working? Try Another.
People who supplement rescue inhalers with a second asthma medication sometimes get little relief at first, but there’s good news: Those who keep trying different options often find a medication that works, according to Rutgers researchers. The researchers analyzed...
Understanding the Structure of HIV Protein May Lead to Novel Treatments.
In a discovery that could spur the development of new therapies for more than 40 million HIV patients worldwide, scientists from Rutgers University and the Salk Institute determined the molecular structure of the HIV Pol polyprotein, a protein that plays a critical...
Black and Hispanic Men with Throat Cancer Experiencing Higher Death Rates; White Men Increasingly Being Diagnosed at a Late Stage.
Hispanic and Black men are dying from HPV-associated throat cancer at a higher rate, and most new cases are being diagnosed in white men at late-stage when it’s more difficult to treat, according to a new Rutgers study. The research published in the Annals of Cancer...