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New NJACTS Publication
Please read Drs. Strom and Roy's article in the Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety titled, "Validation of a claims-based algorithm for identifying non-infectious pneumonitis in patients diagnosed with lung cancer." Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in...
Certain personal care products used during pregnancy may impact maternal hormone levels, according to a new Rutgers study
According to a paper by Rutgers environmental health scientist and epidemiologist Zorimar Rivera-Núñez, use of certain hair products impact prenatal sex steroid hormones levels. Her research focuses on chemical exposures and its effects on early life and subsequent...
Women doctors earn $2 million less than men in their careers.
They want to know: ‘Why is nothing being done?’ Women physicians said they weren’t surprised by the latest study published in Health Affairs. But many have taken matters into their own hands. Read the Full Article.
International Collaboration Between Oxolife, University of Cordoba and Rutgers Aims to Develop Treatment to Improve Women’s Fertility.
Biotechnology company Oxolife S.L. (Spain), the Energy Balance, Puberty and Reproductive Health research group of the University of Cordoba (Spain) and the Human Growth and Reproductive Development research group at Rutgers University have initiated a triple...
Here’s how you can get a free COVID test delivered to your home
The NJ Health Department has partnered with test provider Vault Medical Services to offer free COVID-19 testing for all NJ residents. Read the Full Article.
New Jersey bucked U.S. trend in drug overdoses last year, but 2021 could be the deadliest.
New Jersey may have been an outlier when the United States surpassed 100,000 drug overdose deaths last year, but the Garden State is now on a path toward its own somber milestone in a decade-long epidemic. Preliminary data shows New Jersey is on pace to end 2021 with...
Apply for a 2022 Global Health Institute Seed Grant
Rutgers Global Health Institute awards Global Health Seed Grants to faculty conducting collaborative, interdisciplinary activities that address health inequities in New Jersey and around the world. With these grants, we aim to help faculty pursue new ideas and seed...
Merck’s Covid-19 Pill Backed by FDA Advisers
An outside panel of scientific advisers to the Food and Drug Administration narrowly recommended the agency authorize the experimental Covid-19 oral antiviral from Merck MRK -0.74% & Co. and partner Ridgeback Biotherapeutics LP. The panel, known as the...