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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...
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...
Coronavirus: Scientists rule out asthma as trigger for Covid-19 severity
Asthma does not appear to increase the risk for a person contracting Covid-19 or affect its severity, according to new research. The team from Rutgers University in the US found that people with asthma - even those with diminished lung function who are being treated...
The Perfect Storm of Pandemics
Dr. Strom, chancellor of Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS) and the university’s executive vice president for health affairs, is a founder of the field of pharmacoepidemiology, which applies epidemiological methods to the study of drugs and their...
Medicare’s Race, Ethnic Data Often Undercounts Minority Populations, Study Finds
The information critical to a nationwide priority of reducing health care disparities among minorities is incomplete and inaccurate, according to a new Rutgers study. Published in Medical Care Research & Review and Medical Care, the study compared Medicare...
Scientists unsure why asthma sufferers aren’t at greater risk for severe COVID-19 infection
Previous findings link COVID-19 severity to preexisting cardiovascular and respiratory conditions. Oddly, however, people with asthma aren’t more likely to contract the virus nor are they more likely to have severe symptoms. In a new editorial published in the Journal...
‘What if I don’t get better?’ Some COVID-19 survivors struggle with symptoms for weeks, even months, mystifying doctors.
Candy Malina of the Lakeview East neighborhood tested positive for COVID-19 in mid-March, with a cough and flu-like illness she described as debilitating but never life-threatening or requiring emergency care. Yet more than three months later, the 60-year-old social...
What Is Double Pneumonia? Doctors Explain the Serious COVID-19 Complication
American Idol alum Chris Sligh is back at home after being hospitalized with double pneumonia caused by COVID-19. A statement posted on Sligh’s Twitter account revealed that the singer contracted the illness after a co-writer had been exposed to the novel...