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Researching the Effects of Online Misinformation and Realities of the Coronavirus
Assistant Professor Cody Buntain, NJIT's expert on the science of understanding social media, is turning his trained eyes to the connections between online misinformation and public health crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Using software that he co-developed in...
Princeton announces new programs to expand innovation and entrepreneurship for societal benefit at Engage 2020 conference
Princeton University’s Vice Dean for Innovation Rodney Priestley announced three new programs that aim to build a better future through research and scholarship at Engage 2020, the University’s innovation and entrepreneurship conference held Nov. 4-6. Engage...
Listening to experts isn’t perfect, but ignoring them is far worse
Last week, President Trump said of his opponent, Vice President Biden, "he'll listen to the scientists." In case you’re confused, this was meant to be an insult. Indeed, the president seems to take pride in the extent to which he has ignored the advice of experts of...
Moderna, Pfizer having similar efficacies is ‘quite encouraging’: Doctor on vaccine progress
Dr. Reynold Panettieri - Professor of Medicine at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School joins Yahoo Finance Live to break down pharmaceutical companies coronavirus vaccine progress. To hear the whole interview.
Support staff may face higher COVID-19 risk than clinicians, study finds
Support staff at a New Jersey hospital were more likely to test positive for COVID-19 or virus antibodies compared to physicians and nurses, according to a study published in Open Forum Infectious Diseases. Researchers screened more than 3,900 employees at New...
Trump Supporters Increasingly Less Likely to Trust Health Officials, Survey Finds
President Trump’s supporters and opponents are increasingly at odds over the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new survey led by researchers from Rutgers University-New Brunswick and University of California-Berkeley. The findings, published by the Institute of...
NIH Loan Repayment Programs (LRPs)
The NIH Loan Repayment Programs (LRPs) are a set of programs established by Congress and designed to recruit and retain highly qualified health professionals into biomedical or biobehavioral research careers. NCATS participates in the Clinical Research, Pediatric...
2020 NIH Rural Health Seminar: Challenges in the Era of COVID-19
Join the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) and the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) for the 2020 NIH Rural Health Seminar: Challenges in the Era of COVID-19. The seminar will bring together researchers,...