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Understanding Impacts of COVID-19 on Substance Use Disorder and Treatment
In the midst of an ongoing nationwide opioid crisis, the global COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted people with substance use disorders – and particularly opioid use disorders. Social distancing requirements, shelter-in-place orders and the many unknowns...
Warehouse workers pushed to their limit as holiday orders — and coronavirus cases — surge
The closing of an Amazon warehouse in New Jersey on Sunday after many workers there tested positive for Covid-19 underscores the broadly dangerous conditions that have characterized this holiday season. As record numbers of customers filled their online shopping carts...
Black Voices in Research Storytelling Event – January 14th
As part of its mission to cultivate and engage each other in honest and vulnerable conversations about race, the UF Clinical and Translational Science Institute's Diversity and Cultural Competence Council (UF CTSI DC3) will be hosting its inaugural Black Voices in...
Princeton Community Works – Virtual Nonprofit Conference
The conference starts Jan. 25 at 5pm. Registration is open. Low cost admission – only $10 Join Princeton Community Works for a series of workshops that focus on issues facing nonprofits. Delivered online in real-time to facilitate engagement and questions, topics...
People Who Purchased Firearms During Pandemic More Likely to Be Suicidal
People who purchase a firearm during the pandemic are more likely to be suicidal than other firearm owners, according to a Rutgers study. The study, published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, found that about 70 percent of those who bought a firearm...
Moderna, Pfizer vaccine trials were the ‘highest of quality’: vaccine expert
Yahoo Finance’s Julie Hyman, Brian Sozzi, and Myles Udland discuss the COVID-19 vaccine rollout with Dr. Reynold Panettieri, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Professor of Medicine and advisor to the GERM ETF. To watch the full interview.
Making the New Normal Work
Over the last year, higher education leaders across the nation have grappled with a question many had never encountered: How open should my campus remain during a pandemic? While the specter of COVID-19 seems to color every decision we make these days, each...
COVID-19 Testing Kits Also Can Measure Oral Microbiome in Saliva.
COVID-19 saliva testing kits that include a novel preservative can also be used to measure microscopic organisms in the mouth, a Rutgers study found. This enables study of the relationship between mouth and lung microbes and the SARS-CoV-2 virus that may allow for the...