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NJ ACTS Special Populations Core 2021 Seminar Series on May 11th
Join the Special Populations core as Donald (Rusty) Reeves, MD Director of Psychiatry, Rutgers-University Correctional Health Care and Peter Treitler, MSW Research Specialist, Rutgers Center for Health Services Research present "Medications for Opioid Use Disorder...
New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Goldman's article in Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention titled, "Neighborhood Social Environmental Factors and Breast Cancer Subtypes among Black Women" In the United States, incidence rates of aggressive types of breast cancer, including...
In Venezuela, politics overshadow COVAX shipment and vaccine rollout
Rutgers Global Health Institute director Richard Marlink discusses the COVAX (COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access) initiative and the need for a global response to the pandemic within the context of Venezuela’s efforts to obtain vaccines and release a vaccination plan...
COVID-19 reduces access to opioid dependency treatment for new patients
The researchers found that Americans who were already taking opioids did not experience disruptions in their supply. Patients who were not previously taking opioids for pain management were less likely to receive a new prescription in the first months of the pandemic,...
Can You Get COVID After Getting Vaccinated? Here’s What to Know Now About the Vaccines
Vaccine rollout is well on its way in the U.S., with nearly every state allowing anyone aged 16 and up to get their doses and more than 76.6 million Americans now fully vaccinated against COVID-19. After 14 months of the pandemic, an end finally seems within reach....
J&J Covid-19 Vaccine Blood-Clot Cases Could Stir Vaccine Hesitancy
Blood-clot issues surrounding Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine could complicate the U.S. mass vaccination campaign, deterring people who are already hesitant and giving room for misinformation to spread, health experts said. Concerns that the blood-clot issue...
Rutgers Family Medicine and Community Health Expert Co-authors National Academies Report on Primary Care
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine has released a report that evaluated the state of primary care today to develop a plan to strengthen primary care services in the United States, especially in underserved communities. The...
Could the COVID-19 vaccines impact menstruation? Experts discuss
After Katherine Lee received her COVID-19 vaccine, she and a colleague chatted about their side effects. Because they worked in a medical school, they received their shots early and felt this might be a good opportunity to understand the experience. While they...