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Rutgers Research Identifies Safe and Effective Method of Delivering Medicines to the Lungs
A method that could lead to a safe and effective aerosol vaccine to prevent COVID-19 and to treat other respiratory infections has been identified by investigators at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. “Targeted pulmonary...
New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Kipen's article in the Journal of Journal of Thoracic Disease titled, "Respiratory health, children's lung function, and air quality in four Chinese cities: two snapshots in 1993-1996 and 2017-2018". From 1993 to 1996, the original Four Chinese Cities...
39% of Covid-19 deaths have occurred in nursing homes — many could have been prevented: report
Those living in nursing homes have faced the shockingly disproportionate, very deadly affects of the Covid-19 pandemic. And a new report from AARP demonstrated that much of the devastation could have been prevented. As of Dec. 4, at least 106,000 residents and...
Social Distancing Plummeted In Lead-Up To Fall Surge, Survey Finds
While Democrats remain more likely than Republicans to support new measures aimed at slowing the spread of COVID-19, a majority of U.S. adults from both political parties now agree more steps are needed to fight the pandemic, according to the latest results from a...
Researchers are investigating a potential treatment for people recently diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 who have no or mild symptoms
Rutgers is leading a clinical trial assessing the combination of nitazoxanide, ribavirin and hydroxychloroquine to treat people 21 or older who are infected with SARS-CoV-2 and are asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic. The trial is being conducted with Synavir...
NJACTS Community Engagement Core Available Services
Virtual Community Engagement Salon The NJ ACTS CEC Virtual Community Engagement Salons bring researchers together with patients, community members and health care stakeholders to actively participate in cross-talk — to incubate ideas for engagement in the...
Facebook News Consumers Less Likely to Be Vaccinated, Survey Finds.
People who rely exclusively on Facebook for news and information about the coronavirus are less likely than the average American to have been vaccinated, according to a new survey. “Our findings do not necessarily mean that social media use causes misperceptions or...
Rutgers Reports First Instance of COVID-19 Triggering Recurrent Guillain-Barré Syndrome
Researchers at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School have reported the first instance of COVID-19 triggering a recurrence of Guillain–Barré Syndrome – a rare disorder where the body’s immune system attacks nerves and can lead to respiratory failure and...