NEWS
Could integrated care deliver better health services as COVID-19 crisis starts to ebb?
Anxiety, stress, depression, substance use and more — is it time for New Jersey to renew its push for providers who can offer multiple services under one roof? Integrated care — in which mental health and substance-use therapies are coordinated with physical care and...
New York Is Reopening. Here’s What That Actually Means.
New York will lift many capacity restrictions on businesses starting Wednesday, in response to the easing of the coronavirus pandemic in the region and rising vaccination rates. It is a moment state officials have billed as a major return to normalcy. Most businesses...
Rutgers Vaccine Clinics are Open to the Public
Rutgers vaccine clinics in Camden, Newark and Piscataway are now open to the public. Appointments are available by calling the number below. Rutgers University is offering free COVID-19 vaccines to eligible individuals at clinics in Camden, Newark, and Piscataway. No...
COVID-19 Vaccines May Be Less Effective in Some People with Cancer
COVID-19 vaccines might not stimulate effective immune responses in people with cancer, particularly those with blood cancers, according to several new studies. Read the Full Article.
Rutgers Reports First Instance of COVID-19 Triggering Recurrent Blood Clots in Arms
Researchers at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School are reporting the first instance of COVID-19 triggering a rare recurrence of potentially serious blood clots in people’s arms. The discovery, published in the journal Viruses, improves the understanding of how...
For the sake of children, keep wearing your mask
We are compounding an important public health policy mistake. As the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, states and elected leaders declare an end to pandemic restrictions, paving the way back to "normal," there's a presumption that vaccinated adults can...
NJACTS Community Engagement Core Available Services
Virtual Community Engagement Salon The NJ ACTS CEC Virtual Community Engagement Salons bring researchers together with patients, community members and health care stakeholders to actively participate in cross-talk — to incubate ideas for engagement in the...
The Future of Virus Tracking Can Be Found on This College Campus
Colorado Mesa University and the Broad Institute of M.I.T. and Harvard have spent the last year exploring new approaches to managing outbreaks. Together, the institutions have turned C.M.U.’s campus of 10,000-plus students into a real-world, real-time epidemiological...