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Nation’s Top Liver Transplant Program at Rutgers-Affiliated University Hospital
The liver transplant program at Rutgers-affiliated University Hospital in Newark was ranked first in the nation, along with Harvard-affiliated Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, for its one-year patient survival rate, according to data from the Scientific...
Federal government wants Americans to buy groceries online, but most people on SNAP can’t
When the coronavirus first hit, Miranda Wilt knew a grocery store run could be fatal to her children. Both 10-year-old Aiden and 8-year-old Rosie are on the autism spectrum and legally disabled. Wilt, a 35-year-old single mom, said she's too scared to leave the house...
What’s it like to get the second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine? We asked health workers
Some of the health workers who were among the first to get a COVID-19 vaccine in the region have gotten their second doses now. WHYY’s Health Desk Help Desk checked back with them to see how they are doing, whether they had any side effects, and what it means for them...
Health Experts Recommend Changes For COVID-Safe Super Bowl Watch Parties
Super Bowl Sunday usually means large parties with snacks and beverages. But health experts say this is no time to abandon COVID safety measures. CBS2’s Meg Baker found some ways to keep this year’s get-together fun, but safe. Super Bowl watch parties should look...
Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 Vaccine Is 66% Effective Overall, Over 50% on Emerging Variants
Johnson & Johnson said Friday, Jan. 29, that its single-dose coronavirus vaccine provided strong protection against moderate to severe COVID-19, although it appears to have a lower effectiveness against a new coronavirus variant first identified in South...
COVID-19’s trail of devastation at many NJ colleges
The COVID-19 pandemic has devastated New Jersey’s colleges, causing multimillion-dollar shortfalls that have forced layoffs, declines in enrollment, and financial and mental health difficulties for students, a number of college leaders, students and professors told a...
NJ ACTS Special Populations Core 2021 Webinar Series Invitation, Tuesday, February 16, 2021
Modeling COVID-19 Dynamics and Patterns Across New Jersey: Assessing Effects of Heterogeneities, Exposure Controls and Social and Environmental Factors. Presented By: Professor Panos G. Georgopoulos, PhD COVID-19 has created an unprecedented global public health...
What Do the New Coronavirus Variants Mean?
New coronavirus strains — some more contagious than the prevalent strain — continue to be identified across the globe. David Cennimo, a pediatric infectious disease expert and assistant professor at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, discusses what we know about the...