by William Jester | Jan 7, 2022 | Community, Covid, News
You celebrated Christmas with family and friends, and now you have symptoms of a virus. With news about yet another coronavirus variant, omicron, you’re worried that you have a breakthrough COVID-19 infection. And you might. As of Friday, 104,379 breakthrough...
by William Jester | Jan 6, 2022 | Community, Covid, News
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS) is projected to receive approximately $30 million, establishing a critical partnership with the larger National Institutes of Health–funded RECOVER Initiative to study long-term and delayed impacts of COVID-19 on...
by Pamela Dahlen | Jan 4, 2022 | Community, Covid, News
As they near two years of hardships brought on by the pandemic, officials at shelters in New Jersey said a dip in temperatures is not the only factor expected to drive up demand this winter. They anticipate more demand for services once residents unable to pay rent...
by William Jester | Jan 4, 2022 | Community, Covid, News
Rutgers University recently launched a clinical research study to test whether probiotics boost the body’s natural defenses against COVID-19. A group of 54 unvaccinated participants who have had COVID-19 will be randomly assigned to receive either standard-dose or...
by William Jester | Dec 30, 2021 | Community, Covid, News
Just in the nick of time for the holidays, as families prepare to gather again in record numbers, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) panel unanimously endorsed Pfizer and Moderna’s COVID-19 booster shots for all adults. However, nearly 1 in 5 people in...