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Mental Health Providers Face Challenges Adapting to Pandemic
Some community-based mental health providers throughout New Jersey don’t have the funds necessary for the telehealth technology needed to reach patients or the personal protective equipment (PPE) required to protect its staff, according to a Rutgers...
Rutgers Acute Care Surgeon Turns to Hobby for PPE Solutions
3D-Printed Face Shields and Eye Shields Provide Help During COVID-19 Pandemic When Joseph S. Hanna purchased his first CR-10 3-D printer roughly four years ago, he never imagined he would one day be using the hobby he loves to have an impact in his chosen profession....
Molecular Beacons Technology Invented by Rutgers Researchers to Be Used in Rapid COVID-19 Tests
A recent COVID-19 rapid test that received Food and Drug Administration (FDA) emergency use authorization includes technology invented by Rutgers University researchers, which will be used in about 50,000 tests produced per day by a global health care leader. The...
Princeton researchers map rural U.S. counties most vulnerable to COVID-19
A county-by-county analysis of the United States by Princeton University researchers suggests that rural counties with high populations of people over 60 and limited access to health care facilities could eventually be among the hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic...
Facing Fear as an Emergency Department Physician During the Pandemic
Mask, eye shield, cap, gown, gloves. Evaluate patient. Remove gear. Dispose. Wash hands. Sanitize. Repeat. This has been my norm for the past two weeks for at least 20-30 patients a shift at the Emergency Department (ED) at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in...
Is Now the Time for a Public Health Clinical Elective?
The COVID-19 pandemic has upended didactic and clinical education for PA faculty and students. But the public health nature of this crisis does present unique opportunities for our clinical year students, through innovative elective rotations helping their local...
N.J. to double coronavirus testing in coming weeks as Murphy plots reopening of state.
New Jersey governor Murphy also announced the state is allocating $6 million in federal funding to Rutgers University to boost its ability to produce its rapid saliva tests from 10,000 tests a day to 50,000 tests a day within the next six to eight weeks. Expanding...
Rutgers clinical trial: New drug could help prevent serious illness, death in early-stage COVID-19 patients
Rutgers University has launched a clinical trial to test the safety and efficacy of a new drug that could help prevent serious illness and death in early-stage COVID-19 patients. The drug is called EDP1815. It is administered orally, and is said to be...