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Facebook News Consumers Less Likely to Be Vaccinated, Survey Finds.
People who rely exclusively on Facebook for news and information about the coronavirus are less likely than the average American to have been vaccinated, according to a new survey. “Our findings do not necessarily mean that social media use causes misperceptions or...
Vaccine Hesitancy in Black and Latinx Communities.
Shawna V. Hudson Ph.D., co-lead of the NJ ACTS Community Engagement Core, discusses the results of a recently published Rutgers University study on vaccine hesitancy in Black and Latinx Communities. To watch the full interview.
New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Geller's article in the Journal of Biomedical Informatics titled, "Visual Comprehension and Orientation into the COVID-19 CIDO Ontology." The frantic worldwide search for mediations and vaccines for the COVID-19 infection would greatly benefit from a...
Rutgers to Test Whether Probiotics Can Increase Immune Protection Against COVID-19
Rutgers University recently launched a clinical research study to test whether probiotics boost the body’s natural defenses against COVID-19. A group of 54 unvaccinated participants who have had COVID-19 will be randomly assigned to receive either standard-dose or...
Doctor Breaks Norms to Treat Refugees and Immigrants Who Have Nowhere Else to Go for Healthcare
A Denver, Colorado doctor runs a clinic that finds creative solutions to treat a large refugee and immigrant population Dr. P.J. Parmar started Mango House 10 years ago to provide health care to refugees in Aurora, Colorado. But the center goes beyond standard primary...
New Microchip Sensor Measures Stress Hormones from Drop of Blood.
A Rutgers-led team of researchers has developed a microchip that can measure stress hormones in real time from a drop of blood. The study appears in the journal Science Advances. Cortisol and other stress hormones regulate many aspects of our physical and mental...
Princeton-led technology for room-temperature vaccines and biological drugs selected as finalist in Science Center QED research accelerator program
A method that enables the storage and transport of vaccines and life-saving drugs at room temperature, eliminating the need for expensive refrigeration or freezing, is one of 12 technologies selected for development through the Philadelphia-based University City...
How to help your teen navigate body image anxiety amid the pandemic.
The physical changes that accompany early adolescence are awkward at best and excruciating at worst. It’s a phase of life that many of us recall with a shudder — the breakouts, the growth spurts, the hair in new places. But COVID-19 has added another layer of stress...