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With an NSF RAPID Grant, NJIT Engineers Build a New Model to Track COVID-19
A team of environmental engineers at NJIT is developing a new way to track the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus, by combining advanced statistical methods with models that incorporate environmental conditions, such as wind speed, temperature and social...
Putting A Price On COVID-19 Treatment Remdesivir
Now that the Food and Drug Administration has authorized remdesivir for emergency use in seriously ill COVID-19 patients, the experimental drug is another step closer to full approval. That's when most drugs get price tags. Gilead Sciences, which makes remdesivir, is...
Rutgers Leads Clinical Trial of Drug to Prevent Cytokine Storms
Rutgers has launched a clinical trial to test the safety and efficacy of an oral anti-inflammatory drug that could help prevent serious illness and death in early-stage COVID-19 patients. The drug, EDP1815, developed by Evelo Biosciences Inc., will be given to newly...
The time to revisit N.J.’s vaccine law is now
The New Jersey Legislature postponed a final vote last year on a vaccine bill that would have put an end to religious exemptions from vaccinations for all students enrolled in public and private schools and colleges statewide. The vote occurred against a backdrop of...
AI tool gives doctors a new look at the lungs in treating COVID-19
Spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic, Princeton researchers have developed a diagnostic tool to analyze chest X-rays for patterns in diseased lungs. The new tool could give doctors valuable information about a patient’s condition, quickly and cheaply, at the point of...
New York Knicks Dancer on Working on Coronavirus Frontlines as a Nurse
New York Knicks fans are used to seeing Tara Rappleyea on centercourt, but now she's wearing a different kind of uniform. The 27-year-old is a dancer for the Knicks City Dancers — and a nurse at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in the intensive care unit in...
Can the Coronavirus Be Spread From Swimming?
Microbial oceanographer, marine biologist, and Rutgers professor, Kay Bidle addresses whether it's safe to go swimming in the ocean as part of an NJ.com daily series answering questions about the coronavirus. Read the full article.
Rutgers’ GSAPP Offers New Mental Health and Autism Support Services
The Rutgers Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology(GSAPP) is providing telepsychology –therapy by phone or video platform –to those who need support during the global coronavirus pandemic. Read the full article.