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1st Annual NJ ACTS Symposium: ABSTRACTS Deadline Extended until 8/26/21
We invite abstracts from the Rutgers, Princeton, and NJIT research communities. Abstracts will be reviewed by the session co-chairs and two abstracts will be selected for presentations and others for the poster session. In addition, there is a special category for NJ...
COLUMN: Will Relief Funding Help Those Who Need It Most?
As state and local governments in the United States start spending the largest infusion of direct federal funding in history, making sure they aren’t investing in systems that increase inequity is key. Read the Full Article.
Now, kids under 12 are getting their shot at COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials
When Minh-Tu Do and his wife found an opportunity for their children Justin, 9, and Joey, 4, to get the COVID-19 vaccine as part of Pfizer’s pediatric clinical trial at Rutgers University, they jumped at the chance. “I’m a proponent for them to get the influenza...
‘Hallelujah Moment’: How This City Overcame Its Lead Crisis
Lead pipes had tainted Newark’s drinking water. Now it is close to replacing nearly all those lines. Two years after Newark became the scene of one of the worst environmental disasters to strike an American city in decades, nearly all its 23,000 lead service lines,...
Teddi Mellencamp’s main COVID-19 symptom could be a sign of something more serious, an expert explains.
The ever-growing list of symptoms associated with COVID-19 range from a dry cough to the loss of taste and smell, with dozens in between. For former Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Teddi Mellencamp, it was vertigo that literally knocked her off her feet. "I...
Latest census reveals NJ’s increasingly diverse population
Garden State residents share pride in multicultural backgrounds, praise U.S. census for opening more to complex racial questions. Read the Full Article.
New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Brunetti's article in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy titled, "Reno-protective effects of melatonin against vancomycin-related acute kidney injury in hospitalized patients: a retrospective cohort study. " Vancomycin was introduced into clinical...
NJACTS Community Engagement Core COVID-19 Resources
The situation around the current spread of COVID-19 is changing rapidly. We have compiled resource links for the general community highlighting local resources across New Jersey, ways to get involved, and mental and physical wellness. Visit our COVID-19 page for...