Rutgers will provide antibody testing to help determine the incidence and long-term effects of COVID-19 in children as part of an initiative by the National Institutes of Health. The serological testing, which detects the presence of antibodies directed against...
Rutgers Global Health Institute is helping underserved communities in Essex, Mercer, and Middlesex counties hard-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic offer residents accessible vaccination and testing. The effort, funded by a New Jersey Department of Health grant, is breaking...
For the first time, the U.S. came close to providing health care for all during the coronavirus pandemic — but for just one condition, COVID-19. Now, things are reverting to the way they were as federal money for COVID care of the uninsured dries up, creating a...
On the cusp of last summer, as COVID vaccination rates were on the upswing and transmission rates were dropping, New Jersey officials talked excitedly about a return to normalcy, with offices filling with employees again and masks no longer required in schools. Then...
Her path into nursing was almost preordained. For Curstine Guevarra, it’s been a calling since childhood. “My parents are nurses. My aunts. My uncles. Their spouses. And everyone else basically related to us are nurses — even my cousins,” the 22-year-old Westwood...
