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Rutgers Recruiting Participants for Pfizer COVID-19 Pediatric Vaccine Clinical Trial
Rutgers has been selected as a clinical trial site for the global Pfizer-BioNTech research study to evaluate the efficacy of its COVID-19 vaccine in children ages 6 months to 11 years. This is the third time Rutgers has served as a COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial site...
What Do Women Want? For Men to Get Covid Vaccines.
Holly Elgison and Len Schillaci are a mixed vaxxed couple, and they are far from alone. “I was always going to get the vaccine, 100 percent,” said Ms. Elgison, a medical claims auditor in Valrico, Fla. Her husband, a disaster insurance adjuster, said he will pass. “To...
NJ ranks in bottom-half of best ‘livable’ states for people with disabilities, study says
New Jersey is not the best state for residents with disabilities to call home according to an analysis looking at economic data, affordability, livability and health care/insurance. The Garden State’s expensive housing and transportation issues in less densely...
Why I Vax
With vaccine eligibility expanded to everyone over the age of 16, faculty and staff from across Rutgers share their reasons for getting vaccinated and their hopes for returning to a vibrant campus community. To read the full story. Jonathan Holloway President,...
Targeted PCORI Funding Announcement (tPFA): Improving Postpartum Maternal Outcomes for Populations Experiencing Disparities
This Targeted PCORI Funding Announcement (tPFA) seeks to fund large randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and/or well-designed observational studies comparing multicomponent strategies to improve early detection of, and timely care for, complications up to six weeks...
Rutgers University Opens Vaccination Sites in Piscataway, Newark and Camden
Jordan Clarida, a sophomore majoring in public health, traveled to Rutgers on Wednesday to become the first student vaccinated at the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy because she wanted to be part of the movement that ends the pandemic and saves lives. “Having the...
Elijah’s Promise Soup Kitchen is helping thousands of people through the pandemic
For more than three decades, Elijah’s Promise has been working to break the cycle of poverty and alleviate hunger through its New Brunswick-based soup kitchen. Now rather than wait for people to come to them, Elijah’s Promise is hitting the road on wheels. Read the...
‘Kicking You When You’re Down’: Many Cancer Patients Pay Dearly for Parking
The high cost of parking is an undue burden on patients, and can deter people from participating in clinical trials. Read the Full Article.