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Why Omicron means we all need boosters?
The new Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus is continuing to build momentum in the United States, and now makes up the majority of confirmed cases nationwide. With Omicron cases doubling every 1.5 to three days in areas with community transmission, the variant is...
New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Aleksunes' article in Antimicrobial Chemotherapy titled, "Renoprotective Effects of Melatonin against Vancomycin-Related Acute Kidney Injury in Hospitalized Patients: a Retrospective Cohort Study." Vancomycin was introduced into clinical practice in...
Why are some viruses harmless and others deadly? A.J. te Velthuis is on the case.
Viruses outnumber humans by about 400 trillion to one, and yet pandemics are rare. Why? Why do a few viruses inflict so much damage, when the vast majority are harmless or even helpful? Those questions drive A.J. te Velthuis, a virologist who joined Princeton’s...
Call for Requests: Community Engagement Virtual Salons (CEVS)
Call for Requests: Community Engagement Virtual Salons (CEVS) The NJ ACTS CEC Virtual Community Engagement Salons bring researchers together with patients, community members and health care stakeholders to actively participate in cross-talk — to incubate ideas for...
Doctors and patients are facing tough choices because of the national blood crisis
Rising numbers of organ transplants, trauma cases, and elective surgeries postponed by the COVID-19 pandemic have caused an increase in the need for blood products. The Red Cross said in a recent statement that the dangerously low blood supply levels are posing a...
Mentoring Biomedical PhD Students and Dealing with Students in Distress, February 2nd
NJ ACTS Academy of Mentors Training Session Mentoring Biomedical PhD Students and Dealing with Students in Distress Janet Alder, PhD and Jim Millonig, PhD Rutgers School of Graduate Studies Will present a new document from the AAMC on Appropriate Treatment of Research...
Bloomberg Podcast Features Institute Director Discussing Omicron Response.
In an episode of the Bloomberg Balance of Power podcast titled “Responding to the Omicron Variant,” Rutgers Global Health Institute director Richard Marlink speaks with host David Westin about the current state of the pandemic. Among the topics Marlink discusses are...
Is a second vaccine booster in our future?
Dr. Martin Blaser was interviewed for a story that aired on WHYY-FM Philadelphia. Read the Full Article.