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NJ faces criticism over decision to expand vaccine eligibility to 2 million smokers
Listen to Dr. Panettieri's interview on WCBS 880.
Princeton will support COVID-19 vaccine efforts by hosting clinics for campus community
At the request of the New Jersey Department of Health, Princeton University will be one of numerous distribution points for the COVID-19 vaccine once available throughout the state. The University is working in partnership with the state of New Jersey and municipality...
Less than 1 in 10 NJ Vaccines Are Going Toward Blacks and Latinos
New Jersey has administered more than 310,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. But a very small percentage has gone to the African American and Latino populations. Only 4 percent have been administered to Black people and 5 percent to Latinos, according to data from the...
New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Mackie's article in the Health Services Research titled, "A best-worst scaling experiment to identify patient-centered claims-based outcomes for evaluation of pediatric antipsychotic monitoring programs." Over the last decade, academic research and...
Rutgers Scientist Who Developed COVID Spit Test Dies Unexpectedly at 51: He ‘Undoubtedly Saved Lives’
During a press briefing on Monday, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy called Dr. Andrew Brooks "one of our state's unsung heroes". Dr. Andrew Brooks, a research professor at Rutgers University who was a key figure in the development of the first coronavirus saliva-based...
Will you need an annual vaccination for COVID-19?
In a television interview broadcast by NJ Spotlight News, Richard Marlink discusses the COVID-19 vaccine. Marlink, the director of Rutgers Global Health Institute, says that people may need to be vaccinated annually and provides information about the clinical...
Door To Door In Miami’s ‘Little Havana’ To Build Trust For Testing And Vaccination
A local group called Healthy Little Havana is zeroing in on their community with a very specific assignment: convincing residents to get a coronavirus test. The group's outreach workers have been heading out almost daily to walk the quiet residential streets, to...
New coronavirus strains seem to be emerging daily. Will COVID vaccines remain effective?
The mutations continue to emerge with unsettling frequency. New coronavirus strains are cropping up throughout the globe: the United Kingdom. South Africa. Brazil. And now, scientists have discovered at least three new variants that appear to have evolved right here...