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What Are We Going to Do About Structural Inequities Highlighted by Pandemic?
The pandemic is just starting to be examined through a racial-equity lens, write Nancy Cantor and Peter Englot, the chancellor and senior vice chancellor for public affairs, respectively, at Rutgers University–Newark. The disparate effects on health, jobs, housing,...
‘Game-changer’ coronavirus test from Rutgers could screen 10K daily as key part of N.J. reopening plan
A new saliva test for the coronavirus developed by Rutgers University could more than double the amount of daily testing in New Jersey, with results in less than 48 hours, providing hope for a rapid expansion of testing as part of a larger strategy to reopen the...
National Minority Health Month
Join us this April as we celebrate National Minority Health Month with the HHS Office of Minority Health and other partners to help communities stay active and healthy through physical activity and nutrition while safely from home. https://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/nmhm/...
Rutgers University Among First in Country to Expedite Graduation of Medical Students
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School (NJMS) announced this weekend that its 192 final-year students will graduate early and be eligible to begin their residencies and provide critical health care as the world combats the global COVID-19 pandemic. The students would have...
Rutgers’ Empty Computer Labs Put to Use Testing Possible COVID-19 Treatments
When COVID-19 forced students home, the university’s once-bustling computer labs fell silent, and more than 1,250 computers sat unused. Now the computers are at work once again, helping researchers around the globe fight the very disease that displaced students across...
COVID-19: Dr. Panettieri explains his plans to study the novel coronavirus
Dr. Panettieri explains his plans to study the novel coronavirus COVID-19 on Jersey Matters to Larry Mendte. To watch the interview.
Did you survive coronavirus? Rutgers seeks blood donors for possible antibody treatment
Rutgers is seeking blood donations from people who survived the coronavirus to potentially help save the lives of those still currently battling COVID-19. Rutgers doctors at University Hospital in Newark are hoping that antibodies found in the plasma of those...
Coronavirus saliva test gets FDA emergency use approval, Rutgers University says
Federal health officials have granted an emergency use authorization for a coronavirus test relying on saliva samples that was developed by a Rutgers University-backed entity. The newly authorized test, which requires a person with coronavirus symptoms to spit into a...