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Residents report on adherence to public health recommendations like social distancing, mask wearing and handwashing
New Jerseyans are relaxing some of their adherence to social distancing and public health recommendations, according to a new survey by researchers from Rutgers University–New Brunswick and Northeastern, Harvard and Northwestern Universities. The data, published...
Rutgers Volunteers Help Take Anxious Calls on New Jersey’s COVID-19 Hotline
Bruce Ruck, managing director of the New Jersey Poison Control Center (NJPIES), is used to high call volumes. But the volume of calls that have been coming into the center’s COVID-19 hotline over the past year about the coronavirus – which has infected 800,000 New...
Avoiding a ‘gender recession’: New report details how the pandemic has impeded women’s STEMM careers
A new consensus study report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine – Impact of COVID-19 on the Careers of Women in Academic STEMM – identifies, names, and documents how the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the careers of women in academic STEMM...
Pfizer and Moderna Are Testing a Third ‘Booster’ Dose for Their COVID-19 Vaccines
In an attempt to ensure the effectiveness of their COVID-19 vaccines against new variants of the novel coronavirus, both Pfizer and Moderna are testing a third booster shot of their respective two-dose vaccines. On February 25, Pfizer announced that it is studying a...
How we can use psychological principles to foster collaboration in the fight against COVID-19
COVID-19 can be thought of as a game of chicken, except instead of driving head-on towards each other and betting the other person will swerve at the last minute, we’re going out when we should be staying home and foregoing social distancing, masks and hygiene...
Could ‘worrisome’ new COVID-19 variants undermine progress?
As the state waits for more doses of COVID-19 vaccine to get in the pipeline, new threats of a surge in cases of the disease loom due to the emergence of worrisome variants. More than 50 cases of a variant first detected in the U.K. have been found here, according to...
Some with long-haul COVID-19 see surprisingly positive vaccine side effect
In June 2020, Michelle Chason tested positive for COVID-19. Even after she felt better and had a negative test, she still experienced lingering symptoms, including brain fog, short-term memory loss, intensified acid reflux and tingling and numbness on the left side of...
How to Vaccinate Homebound Seniors? Take the Shots to Them.
Millions of older Americans, chronically ill and trapped at home, pose a big challenge to inoculation efforts. Doctors are on it. At least two million Americans are homebound, a population all but invisible. Most suffer from multiple chronic conditions, but cannot get...