by William Jester | May 23, 2020 | Community, Covid, News
Scientists are researching if a drug that’s being tested to treat a skin condition can also help keep COVID-19 patients off ventilators. The drug, labeled as EDP1815, was being tested on psoriasis patients, but Dr. Reynold Panettieri, vice chancellor for translational...
by Pamela Dahlen | May 22, 2020 | Community, Covid, News
With cleaning and disinfecting products running out of stock due to the coronavirus outbreak, many people have resorted to trying to make their own. But mixing chemicals in the wrong way can at best create an ineffective product –and at worst result in poisoning. Read...
by Pamela Dahlen | May 22, 2020 | Community, Covid
Today at 12:00pm. Join experts from Rutgers New Jersey Medical School and Hunterdon Medical Center for a live video conference hosted by Rutgers Project ECHO. This Mental Health ECHO series focuses on the impact the pandemic is having on all aspects of mental health,...
by William Jester | May 21, 2020 | Community, Covid, News
New Jersey prisons will soon begin testing thousands of corrections officers and all of the approximately 18,000 state inmates for the coronavirus, Gov. Phil Murphy said Thursday. “Universal testing for inmates and staff is expected to start as early as the end of...
by William Jester | May 21, 2020 | Covid, News
Watch Dr. Panettieri’s interview (starting at the 4:40 mark) about the current clinical COVID-19 studies he and his collaborators are directing at Rutgers.