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Charts Paint a Grim Picture 2 Years Into the Coronavirus Pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic is now stretching into its third year, a grim milestone that calls for another look at the human toll of COVID-19, and the unsteady progress in containing it. Read the Full Article.
COVID-19 variants are inevitable but manageable, says Rutgers professor.
The emergence of COVID variants continues to add fuel to sometimes heated conversations surrounding the ongoing pandemic, according to a Rutgers University professor. Some among the vaccinated argue variants develop in unvaccinated hosts, while some unvaccinated point...
Rutgers Researcher Nominated Chair of Microbiology Committee for NIH-RECOVER Investigator Consortium.
Rutgers public health researcher and expert in microbiology and immunology Maria Laura Gennaro, MD, MSc, has been nominated Inaugural Chair of the Microbiology Committee of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Researching COVID to Enhance Recovery (RECOVER)...
NJACTS Community Engagement Core COVID-19 Resources
The situation around the current spread of COVID-19 is changing rapidly. We have compiled resource links for the general community highlighting local resources across New Jersey, ways to get involved, and mental and physical wellness. Visit our COVID-19 page for...
New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Hudson's article in Plos One titled, "Experiences of Black and Latinx health care workers in support roles during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study." As of June 2021, the United States continues to have the highest number of coronavirus...
Novel RNA Research, Invention, and Startup Born at Rutgers University Receives $75 Million in Series A Funding.
A Rutgers professor’s novel research into targeting and silencing defective, disease-causing RNA molecules has led to the launch of Ceptur Therapeutics, a startup that has raised $75 million in Series A funding. The initial research that led to the creation of Ceptur...
‘This is more of a political signal’: New Jersey’s last COVID briefing is set
After 256 briefings on the state’s response to the pandemic, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy will hold his final COVID-19 update at 1 p.m. Friday. It will also mark two years since the first reported coronavirus case in the state. Murphy said he understood the importance...
Shortsighted COVID policies are accelerating harm for people with disabilities.
I used to talk to my college students about all the advances in civil rights and equity that people with disabilities have made over the years. Then the COVID-19 pandemic struck. Across the country, countless members of my community were turned away from hospitals,...