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How to decide whether to go maskless as states drop mandates
Should you still wear a mask, even if it’s no longer required in your state? Here’s what public health experts recommend to keep in mind as you make that decision. Read the Full Article.
3 not-quite-true claims about the pandemic and schools.
The pandemic has wreaked havoc on American education. Most students fell behind academically, and racial and economic gaps widened. High school graduation rates dropped in many states last year, halting two decades of progress. Schools are facing...
Muscle pain, fatigue, brain fog: Doctors grapple for answers about long COVID in kids.
The end of New Jersey’s school mask mandate on March 7 could feel like a return to normalcy for many, but it willnot end COVID-19’s disruptive long-term consequences for a small but significant number of children — consequences that may ultimately touch many more....
New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Aleksunes' article in Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry titled, "Optimization of 1,4-bis(arylsulfonamido)naphthalene-N,N'-diacetic acids as inhibitors of Keap1-Nrf2 protein-protein interaction to suppress neuroinflammation." Continuous oxidative...
Assessing Meaningful Community Engagement: A Conceptual Model to Advance Health Equity through Transformed Systems for Health
Community engagement should be more than a buzzword – it is a process that seeks to make communities themselves feel heard, understood, and valued. This Assessing Community Engagement (ACE) Conceptual Model centers community engagement and core engagement principles....
Dating in the Age of the Pandemic.
In the time of COVID-19, when intimate relationships have been strained and human connections fleeting, singles are kissing hookups goodbye in favor of settling down – and getting vaccinated at a higher rate to make it happen. “I’ve been doing this for 40 years and...
Watch Text as Data Video by Professor Brandon Stewart, the New NJ ACTS BERD Co-Lead
Brandon M. Stewart, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Princeton University and New NJ ACTS Co-Lead for the BERD Core introduces us to the interdisciplinary field known as: Text as Data. The study of human behavior is changing. In the last two decades, there has been...
You’ve recovered from COVID, but what can you expect now? We asked doctors.
Roughly 2.1 million people in New Jersey have tested positive for the coronavirus or one of its nasty variants since the COVID-19 pandemic began here on March 4, 2020. Since then, residents have been bombarded with messages and advice, both good and bad, about...