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NJ ACTS Special Populations Core 2021 Webinar 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...
Rutgers Begins COVID-19 Prevalence Study in Newark
Rutgers will help determine the prevalence of the coronavirus in Newark, one of the cities hardest hit by the pandemic, as part of the National Institutes of Health COVID-19 Prevention Network (CoVPN) response to the deadly global outbreak. The university is one of 26...
Snag a Vaccine Appointment, Then Face the Next Hurdle: How to Get There?
According to the CEO of National Association of County and City Health Officials, access issues are likely being mischaracterized as vaccine hesitancy. Even some who live in cities with robust public transportation and ride-hailing services have found themselves...
Rutgers Saliva Test Approved One Year Ago
In the last year, a small vial that people fill to a line with saliva has become a widespread weapon in the fight to slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Last April, when the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus that causes COVID-19 was spreading rapidly, partly because...
New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Gaur's article in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology titled, "Pediatric COVID-19 and Appendicitis: A Gut Reaction to SARS-CoV-2?" On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2...
NJACTS Community Engagement Core COVID-19 Resources
The situation around the current spread of COVID-19 is changing rapidly. We have compiled resource links for the general community highlighting local resources across New Jersey, ways to get involved, and mental and physical wellness. Visit our COVID-19 page for...
Neuroscience Professor Awarded NIH Grant to Study Links Between COVID-19 and Alzheimer’s
Mark Gluck, Professor of Neuroscience at the Center for Molecular & Behavioral Neuroscience (CMBN) at the School of Arts & Sciences-Newark, has received a new grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study the cognitive, neural, and immunological...
Inside Camden’s fight to vaccinate the most vulnerable
On a recent morning in Camden, it took hours to vaccinate just 25 people in a makeshift clinic on the ground floor of an apartment building. To Kevin Emmons of Rutgers University-Camden School of Nursing, who organized the clinic in Mickle Towers, that session was a...