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Trump touts saliva coronavirus tests after FDA emergency authorization
In a Rose Garden briefing Tuesday President Donald Trump touted a potential new way of testing for the novel coronavirus could be safer for suspected coronavirus patients and health care workers and help alleviate the backlog in hard-hit cities -- spit. The Food and...
NSF RAPID grant awarded for study of how anxiety affects the spread of COVID-19 information
The NSF’s Rapid Response Research (RAPID) program funds proposals that require quick-response research on disasters and unanticipated events. What the researchers find could help inform the design of campaigns to enhance communication of accurate information and...
F.D.A. Clears First Home Saliva Test for Coronavirus
The Food and Drug Administration said on Friday that it had granted emergency authorization for the first at-home saliva collection kit to test for the coronavirus. The test kit was developed by a Rutgers University laboratory, called RUCDR Infinite Biologics, in...
The mental health fallout from COVID-19 will be huge
We are in the midst of one of the largest psychological and medical experiments conducted in the history of this country. Over the next few years, thousands of research articles will appear in scientific journals on the mental health fallout from the COVID-19...
Clinical Trial Tests Drug for COVID-19 ‘CYTOKINE STORMS’
Researchers will give the drug, EDP1815, developed by Evelo Biosciences Inc., to newly hospitalized COVID-19 patients at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Jersey to determine if it can regulate the onslaught of cytokine proteins—which cause the immune...
How the Coronavirus Pandemic Can Exacerbate Symptoms of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
By now, you (hopefully!) can recite ways to prevent the spread of coronavirus in your sleep: wash your hands regularly with soap and water for at least 20 seconds, don't touch your face, and sanitize commonly used surfaces often, among others. With the constant...
Rutgers Public Health Research Institute is looking for volunteers to participate in a one-time COVID-19 blood draw study.
Have you been diagnosed with COVID-19? Do you want to help during this pandemic? Rutgers Public Health Research Institute is looking for volunteers to participate in a one-time COVID-19 blood draw study. For more information call 973-558-1339.
Evelo Biosciences, Rutgers University, and Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Announce Submission of IND for a Phase 2 Study of EDP1815 in COVID-19 Patients
Evelo Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq:EVLO), Rutgers University, and Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital today announced the submission of an Investigational New Drug (IND) application for an Evelo-sponsored Phase 2 clinical study evaluating the safety and efficacy of...