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Should You Take Antihistamines for Long COVID Symptoms?
Long COVID is a health condition that’s puzzled patients and doctors for months. And, while people can agree that this is a thing, a proper treatment for the condition has been tough to come by. Now, a new case report has suggested that there may be an easily...
Upcoming Special Populations Seminar – “Engaging Underserved Communities in Clinical Trials” Tuesday, March 8!
This seminar provides an overview of the HIV and COVID-19 Clinical Trials conducted at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School Research With A Heart. Content provided includes the importance of strategic community engagement and their learned successes and challenges during...
Local Internship Combines Social Work and Global Health.
A new internship program at Rutgers infuses global health concepts into local social work practices, and it’s already making an impact on the students and community members involved. A joint effort between the Rutgers School of Social Work and Rutgers Global Health...
Dealing with Residual COVID Trauma as the Masks Come Off.
For two years, the social and emotional costs of school closures, business interruptions, news of death and illness, and vacillating guidance from officials has taken a toll on all of us. With mask mandates and other COVID protocols set to expire around the country,...
NJ school mask mandate is going away. Here’s how anxious students, parents can prepare
Updated Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines have made indoor mask-wearing voluntary for more than 70% of Americans. New Jersey's school mask mandate, meanwhile, will end on March 7, with the choice left to local school districts. Read the Full...
Wheezing: Causes, Treatment, and When to See a Doctor.
There are certain health symptoms, like randomly sneezing here and there, that you might find easy to brush off. Wheezing is not one of those things. Wheezing can be a sign of a breathing problem and, in some situations, it's incredibly serious. Of course, you're not...
New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Brown's article in Maternal and Child Health titled, "Developing a Public Health Maternal and Child Health Training Program: Lessons Learned from Five Schools of Public Health." Maternal and child health (MCH), a sub-field of public health, continues...
Nearly Half of Americans Still Unsure About Popular Vaccine Misinformation.
People who think they know a lot about COVID-19 vaccines are more likely to hold vaccine misperceptions, according to a new survey from a nationwide coalition of university-based researchers. The study found 37 percent of Americans who believe multiple false claims...