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New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Panettieri's article in the Journal of Immunology titled, "Na+/H+ Exchanger Regulatory Factor 1 Mediates the Pathogenesis of Airway Inflammation in a Murine Model of House Dust Mite-Induced Asthma". Asthma represents an inflammatory airway syndrome...
Kidney Experts Say It’s Time to Remove Race from Medical Algorithms. Doing So Is Complicated.
Thousands of Americans with failing kidneys are stuck, going to dialysis as they await new kidneys that may never come. An algorithm doctors use to get on the waitlist for a kidney transplant may help perpetuate disparities. It uses race as a factor in evaluating all...
Medicaid Enrollment Surpassed 80 Million, a Record, During the Pandemic
The increase points to the program’s growing role not just as a safety net, but also as a foundation of U.S. health coverage. The spike in enrollment demonstrates Medicaid’s increasingly important role not just as a safety net, but also as a pillar of the American...
Many Post-Covid Patients Are Experiencing New Medical Problems, Study Finds
An analysis of health insurance records of almost two million coronavirus patients found new issues in nearly a quarter — including those whose COVID-19 infection was mild or asymptomatic. Read the Full Article.
What are NJ’s chances of reaching herd immunity against COVID-19 by June 30?
More than 4.5 million New Jersey residents are now fully vaccinated, or about 63%. But experts say that reaching herd immunity will be a target for the foreseeable future. Perry Halkitis, Dean of the Rutgers University School of Public Health was interviewed for this...
Column: The Supreme Court Upholds the Affordable Care Act: What It Means and What’s Next
The Supreme Court on June 17 rejected another effort to dismantle the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the health care reform law, further cementing the ACA as a cornerstone of our health system. Read the Full Article.
Two professors of medicine lead clinical trials at Rutgers to facilitate the testing of the COVID-19 vaccines produced by Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer-BioNTech.
As the nation makes the final push this summer to vaccinate as much of the population as possible, the tremendous achievement of pharmaceutical companies Moderna, Pfizer-BioNTech, and Johnson & Johnson in developing three effective COVID-19 vaccines cannot be...
Cardiac MRI Effective in Detecting Inflammation of the Heart in Athletes Who Had COVID-19
A cardiac MRI of athletes who had COVID-19 is seven times more effective in detecting inflammation of the heart than symptom-based testing, according to a study by researchers at Rutgers and 12 other Big Ten programs. The findings are published online by JAMA...