Misinformation, historic barriers to care and systemic racism created a dangerous combination that exacerbated health disparities among New Jersey residents of color and white residents during the pandemic, according to a panel of Rutgers experts Manny Jimenez, Shawna...
Some of Rutgers’ top health researchers are calling for a change in our approach to developing COVID-19 vaccines, and vaccines to fight future pandemics, to incorporate both conventional and challenge trails. Conventional randomized controlled trials are where...
Walensky said there is still a lot of work needed to fight the pandemic and said vaccines and boosters are the best tools against COVID-19. Her remarks were part of a conversation with President Emeritus Shirley M. Tilghman, professor of molecular biology and public...
Research conducted 20 years ago by a former NJIT dean is being put to new use in the COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer-BioNTech. Barry Cohen, who was an associate dean of Ying Wu College of Computing, worked on the algorithm for bioengineering stable messenger RNA (mRNA),...
The new addition to the Community Immunity Rap Anthology uses music created by teens and an educator toolkit to inspire youth to help slow the spread of COVID-19. Read the Full Article.