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New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Geller's article in the BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making titled, "Extending import detection algorithms for concept import from two to three biomedical terminologies." Background While enrichment of terminologies can be achieved in different...
NJ officials, who once feared vaccine hesitancy, nowhere near meeting demand for COVID-19 immunization
When New Jersey officials began planning the state’s COVID-19 immunization strategy last summer, one of their biggest concerns was vaccine hesitancy. After all, scores of avid vaccine opponents marched upon the State House just six months earlier, derailing a public...
Is it Safe to Get COVID-19 Vaccine while Pregnant?
Pregnant women – considered to be at high risk for complications if they contract COVID-19 – were not included in clinical trials for the current vaccines, leaving many confused over whether or not they should be vaccinated. Justin Brandt, an assistant professor in...
Fauci warns against comparing Johnson & Johnson vaccine to others
Dr. Anthony Fauci on Sunday warned Americans against holding out for a particular COVID-19 vaccine — saying all three on the market are “safe and efficacious.” “We’ve got to get away from that chain of thought. The only way you really know the difference between...
Can You Spread COVID-19 After Getting the Vaccine? Experts Say the Answer Isn’t Simple
In order to return to some sense of “normal,” roughly 85% of Americans will need to get the COVID-19 vaccine to bring the pandemic to a halt, per Anthony Fauci, M.D., the nation’s leading infectious disease expert. Vaccine distribution is well underway in most states...
Rutgers University’s Resilient, Innovative Year Confronting COVID-19
Anastasia Dudzinski recalls giving her first dose of a vaccine for the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus that has ravaged the world. “It was my first day vaccinating and she was an older woman who was by herself,” said Dudzinski, a Rutgers University–Camden senior nursing...
What health experts are saying
Many health experts are encouraging those to whom the Johnson & Johnson vaccine is available to take it. "My advice to all my patients and to all my friends will be to get the first vaccine you can get. That's what matters the most -- to get protected," said Dr....
Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine 3rd to receive emergency use authorization
The Food and Drug Administration announced Saturday evening that it had issued an emergency use authorization for the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, the third overall. “The authorization of this vaccine expands the availability of vaccines, the best medical...