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After Joe Biden was projected the winner of the 2020 presidential election by the Associated Press on Saturday, videos and images of people dancing and cheering in the streets of New York, D.C. and cities around the country began flooding social media. Dr. Leana Wen,...

A Rutgers expert explains how teachers can avoid or cope with burnout from new teaching methods and health concerns Several months after schools re-opened nationwide, many teachers are experiencing burnout from having to adapt to new methods of instructing students...

As the virus surges across New Jersey, the dean of the Rutgers School of Public Health has some advice for families preparing a traditional Thanksgiving celebration: Don’t do it. “I adore my brother, but I will not see him this year,” says the dean, Perry Halkitis....

Women in the workforce are another casualty of the coronavirus pandemic. Forced to choose between employment and providing care for their children, most of whom are spending at least part of the week in remote learning, more women dropped out of the workforce in...

Expert urges vigilance as New Jersey stops some in-person classes due to COVID-19 outbreaks As more New Jersey school districts face COVID-19 outbreaks and some are forced to stop in-person classes, many health care experts worry about what to expect as we head into...

The invention (patent pending) directs cold plasma from different orientations to keep surfaces disinfected without hand sanitizer, sprays, ultraviolet light or other chemical-based solutions. “This is a continuous, in-situ answer to disinfecting surfaces that people...

If you’re aware you’ve been exposed to someone with a case of COVID-19, you probably have questions about what to do next. First, because the novel coronavirus has an incubation of two to 14 days—you’ll need to quarantine for two weeks, whether or not you feel sick in...