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Rutgers Expert Addresses Questions on COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout and Variant Issues
Now that COVID-19 vaccines are widely available across the country, Stanley H. Weiss, an epidemiologist in infectious and chronic diseases, and a professor at the Rutgers New Jersey Medical School and the Rutgers School of Public Health, talks about vaccine side...
Rates of anxiety and depression skyrocket during COVID-19: RPT
Bill Rodgers, Labor Economist and Rutgers University Professor, joins Yahoo Finance Live to discuss the impact of COIVD-19 on workers’ mental health. To watch the full interview.
As vaccinations drop, outreach workers hit the streets to change minds
Volunteers across the country are responding to people's fears, coaxing the hesitant and removing obstacles for those who want to get vaccinated Although the vaccines are widely available, demand is sliding. Some people are reluctant to get the shots, while others...
As pandemic recedes, NJ’s hospital workers are still getting sick — and dying — from COVID
As COVID cases spiked earlier this year and began to wane in the spring, New Jersey hospital workers remained at high risk of contracting the virus. More than 5,400 were infected in the first four months of 2021, according to new data released by the state, and at...
NJ might miss vaccination benchmark, so Murphy adds incentives As state eases restrictions, more rewards programs to try to lure those still hesitant to get COVID-19 vaccination
Governor Murphy announced recently the growing role of the state’s new COVID Community Corps, which officials initially said involved 900 trained volunteers who would be dispatched to vulnerable communities to answer questions about vaccination and help people...
Researchers Develop Mathematical Model Predicting Disease Spread Patterns
Early on in the COVID-19 pandemic, health officials seized on contact tracing as the most effective way to anticipate the virus’s migration from the initial, densely populated hot spots and try to curb its spread. Months later, infections were nonetheless recorded in...
They Haven’t Gone for a Shot. So Shots Are Coming to Them.
Mobile Covid-19 vaccine clinics in vans and buses are rolling up to neighborhoods in Delaware, Minnesota and Washington State to reach people who have been unable to travel to vaccination centers. Read the Full Article.
New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Lechner's article titled, "COVID-19 Pandemic Response Varies by Clinical Trial Sponsor Type." The conclusion of 2020 marked nearly 82 million globally confirmed cases of COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2 (or...