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Yes, We Have COVID-19 Vaccines That Are 95% Effective. But That Doesn’t Mean the End of the Pandemic is Near
It’s a rare glimmer of hope in a brutal and battering pandemic year: in November, both Moderna and Pfizer reported that their much-anticipated COVID-19 vaccines are 95% effective in protecting people against getting sick with the disease. Scientists were encouraged...
Study Shows More Centralized, Uniform COVID-19 Response Needed in Prisons and Jails
A more centralized, uniform response to combating the COVID-19 pandemic in American prisons and jails is required to curb the spread across an especially vulnerable incarcerated population, according to new Rutgers University–Camden research. “The American criminal...
New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Hudson's article in Academic Pediatrics titled, "Latino Parents’ Experiences With Literacy Promotion in Primary Care: Facilitators and Barriers". Literacy promotion is a pediatric standard of care in which clinicians provide guidance on shared reading....
Antibiotic Exposure in Children Under Age 2 Associated With Chronic Conditions
Children under age 2 who take antibiotics are at greater risk for childhood-onset asthma, respiratory allergies, eczema, celiac disease, obesity and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, according to a paper written jointly by Mayo Clinic and Rutgers...
N.J. water watchdog chief says industry should face tighter regulation on chemical leaks
The head of New Jersey’s drinking water watchdog said Thursday that industry should be required to take responsibility for any contamination of air and water that’s linked to its operations. Dr. Keith Cooper, chairman of the Drinking Water Quality Institute, said...
Pandemic Backlash Jeopardizes Public Health Powers, Leaders
At least 181 public health leaders in 38 states have resigned, retired or been fired amid the turmoil of the pandemic. The departures come as backlash against public health is rising with threats to officials’ personal safety and legislative and legal efforts to strip...
Hospital Support Staff Face Far Higher COVID Risk
Researchers screened 3,904 employees and clinicians at a New Jersey hospital between late April and late June for the SARS-CoV-2 virus and for lgG-antibodies to the virus, whose presence suggests past recent infection. The study in Open Forum Infectious Diseases finds...
Battered by COVID-19, but skeptical of vaccinations
In the race to get COVID vaccines out the door, public health experts have labored over who should receive vaccinations first. But they also hope to find solutions to deep-rooted unfairness laid bare by the virus, with Black, LatinX and indigenous people more likely...