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Trump, COVID-19 and the human cost of disinformation
Donald Trump’s illness can be viewed as a result of Donald Trump’s COVID-19 disinformation campaign. We wish him a quick recovery – and can only hope he did not infect many others – but we must hold the president accountable for political maneuverings rooted in...
COVID-19 may one day come and go like the flu, but we’re not there yet.
Since the novel coronavirus was first detected in December, it has spread around the world and flourished in all kinds of climates. But over time COVID-19 is likely to become a seasonal problem that peaks in winter in temperate regions, scientists reported on...
Governors Who Took Strict Covid-19 Measures Enjoy Highest Approval, Survey Shows
A new survey from a consortium of universities found that governors in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic who instituted strict coronavirus mitigation measures have among the highest approval numbers on coronavirus, while governors in many Western and Southern states,...
President Trump’s Positive COVID-19 Test Unprecedented in History, Says Rutgers Expert
Breaking news early Friday morning that President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, have tested positive for COVID-19 about a month before Election Day rocked the nation and upended the presidential campaign. David Greenberg, a professor of history and journalism...
Largest COVID-19 contact tracing study to date finds children key to spread, evidence of superspreaders
A study of more than a half-million people in India who were exposed to the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 suggests that the virus’ continued spread is driven by only a small percentage of those who become infected. Furthermore, children and young adults were found to...
Could Wildfires Have Long-Term Health Effects?
Along with the rest of the world, Sarah B. Henderson, PhD, watched as massive wildfires blazed across California, Oregon, and Washington. “What happened on the West Coast this year wasn’t unexpected,” says Henderson, an international expert on wildfires. “Not that it...
NJACTS Community Engagement Core COVID-19 Resources
The situation around the current spread of COVID-19 is changing rapidly. We have compiled resource links for the general community highlighting local resources across New Jersey, ways to get involved, and mental and physical wellness. Visit our COVID-19 page for...
Mental illness treatment varies widely among American adolescents within and across ZIP codes.
Using a national database of insurance claims, Princeton University researchers investigated the type of treatment adolescents — most of whom were around the average age of 12 and suffering from anxiety or depression — receive after a first episode of mental...