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Does PFAS exposure affect COVID-19 illness and vaccine effectiveness? Researchers want to know.
Scientists want to know if exposure to PFAS, a toxic class of chemicals, can contribute to severe illness from COVID-19 or reduce the effectiveness of vaccines. Known as forever chemicals because they don’t naturally break down in the environment, PFAS can cause...
Building a pipeline to replenish the supply of primary care doctors in N.J.
Sebastian Acevedo didn’t always know he wanted to be a doctor. He’s currently a medical student at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, but experiences as a child helping his parents navigate U.S. health care opened his eyes to the system’s many flaws. When Acevedo was...
New NJACTS Publication
Please read Drs. Radovick and Sonnenberg's article in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology titled, "Clinical research during the COVID-19 pandemic: The role of virtual visits and digital approaches." Clinical trials are a fundamental tool in evaluating the...
What We Know About the Omicron Variant.
With the first confirmed case of the Omicron coronavirus identified today in the United States and as the variant continues to spread around the world, scientists are working to evaluate the risks and answer critical questions such as whether the variant is more...
Is it time to ease up on COVID-19 restrictions? Rutgers dean thinks so.
As the world learns to live with COVID-19, there is some debate as to who is best to decide how to manage the risk of the virus. The dean of the Rutgers School of Public health says that people should be able to make the decisions for themselves. “People are tired of...
Rutgers Clinic Provides COVID-19 Vaccines for Children.
Raelynn Taylor, a second grader from Franklin Park who was the first child under age 12 to be immunized at Rutgers’ COVID-19 vaccine clinic at the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy Wednesday, said she could not wait to tell her classmates about the experience. “I’m...
COVID-19 Vaccine Receives Emergency Use Authorization for Children 5 to 11.
Some 28 million children ages 5 to 11 can now get the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine under emergency use authorization granted by the Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Simon Li, an associate professor of pediatrics...
Maternal Depression Associated With Long-Term Economic Instability.
Maternal depression after childbirth affects a mothers’ economic welfare and financial stability up to 15 years later, according to a Rutgers study. Perinatal depression, which affects 13 percent of childbearing women in the United States, has been linked to an...