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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...
Trump’s ‘Chinese virus’ slur makes some people blame Chinese Americans. But others blame Trump.
In March, as the pandemic began to affect the United States, President Trump gave a speech at which a photographer captured his notes. The photo showed that Trump had used a Sharpie pen to replace the term “Corona Virus” with “Chinese virus” — a phrase he has used...
NJ Consortium Develops Mobile Medical Unit to Address Health Facility Shortage
In response to the extreme challenges to clinical capacity posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, three New Jersey institutions – New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), University Hospital in Newark and The Tuchman Foundation – are collaborating in a unique partnership...
Rutgers-Led National Survey Uncovers Doctors’ Misconceptions About Nicotine Risks
Most physicians mistakenly believe that nicotine leads to cancer, and heart and respiratory diseases, according to a Rutgers-led national survey, even though it is the toxic substances in cigarette smoke and not the nicotine that causes the primary health risk. The...
Is It Safe to Exercise if the Air Is Hazy With Wildfire Smoke?
Should we exercise outside when the air is smoky? With smoke and ash from major wildfires still blanketing portions of California and the Northwest and murky plumes wafting across the nation, that issue is top of the mind for many of us and likely to remain a concern...
Rutgers Finds Faster Way to Decontaminate N95 Masks
Two Rutgers-led studies have identified a more rapid method to decontaminate N95 masks using vaporized hydrogen peroxide – making reuse of masks more economically feasible and practical for health care workers on the frontlines against COVID-19. The studies, published...
Is it Safe to Exercise Indoors or Outdoors When Air Quality Is Bad? Here’s What Experts Say.
For days, three US cities have been listed as having the worst air quality in the world. Portland, Seattle, and Denver are among the 10 worst cities for air quality, according to world air quality monitoring agency, IQAir. It’s all due to historic wildfires that...
Metabolism – The Heart of Cellular Function
Join us for an Agilent Cell Analysis Virtual Event, October 1, 2020 Sponsored by: Center of Excellence for Pharmaceutical Translational Research and Education Metabolism lies at the epicenter of cellular function. Environmental stimuli, stress responses and changes to...