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Jonathan Holloway Talks to CBS About Rutgers’ Student Vaccine Mandate
Growing number of colleges and universities mandate students get vaccine before returning to campus. At least a dozen colleges and universities across the country are mandating students get a COVID-19 vaccine before returning to campus. Rutgers University in New...
Rutgers to Require COVID-19 Vaccine for Students
Rutgers University will require the COVID-19 vaccine for students who are enrolled for the 2021 fall semester. Assurances from the federal government that vaccines will be available for all Americans by the end of May and assessments by public health experts prompted...
New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Jarrin's article in Medical Care Research and Review titled, "Beyond Black and White: Mapping Misclassification of Medicare Beneficiaries Race and Ethnicity." Racial and ethnic disparities in health care quality and access in the United States have...
Johnson & Johnson vaccine pause: What to know if you got or scheduled the shot
The COVID-19 vaccine rollout over the past few months has left people with plenty of questions, and the latest concerns about Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose vaccine have probably given folks even more. The background: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and...
Certain Mouthwashes Might Stop COVID-19 Virus Transmission
Researchers at Rutgers School of Dental Medicine have found evidence that two types of mouthwash disrupt the COVID-19 virus under laboratory conditions, preventing it from replicating in a human cell. The study, published in the journal Pathogens, found that Listerine...
OPINION: The health-care industry doesn’t want to talk about this single word
Structural and systemic racism in health care as a root cause of preventable harm and death is addressed in this Washington Post column.Read the Full Article.
Rutgers’ new COVID-19 rapid test can identify variants
Researchers at Rutgers University have created a rapid COVID-19 test that can detect emerging coronavirus variants. Co-researcher Dr. David Alland says the test operates just like a regular COVID-19 PCR test, but instead of just detecting the presence of the virus, it...
Dr. Johnson featured on NJ Spotlight news: Why is vaccine equity still lagging among NJ’s Black and brown residents?
State health officials are taking the pharmaceutical company at its word that a 100-million dose goal will be met by the summer. But racial gaps persist in the effort to vaccinate more Black and Brown residents. The needle hasn’t moved much, with just 15% of all...