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NJACTS draws leading academic, industry and community groups together to understand and address the health needs of New Jersey. Central to this is engagement with our community to ensure that our efforts respond to their priorities. Our goal is to conduct research with the New Jersey community, in the community and for the community, and yet, have impact beyond our state’s boundaries.
Community Blog
Putting A Price On COVID-19 Treatment Remdesivir
Now that the Food and Drug Administration has authorized remdesivir for emergency use in seriously ill COVID-19 patients, the experimental drug is another step closer to full approval. That's when most drugs get price tags. Gilead Sciences, which makes remdesivir, is...
Rutgers Leads Clinical Trial of Drug to Prevent Cytokine Storms
Rutgers has launched a clinical trial to test the safety and efficacy of an oral anti-inflammatory drug that could help prevent serious illness and death in early-stage COVID-19 patients. The drug, EDP1815, developed by Evelo Biosciences Inc., will be given to newly...
Rutgers GSE Professor, Alumni Provide Behavioral Resources for Parents and Children
Website created to house resources for parents with children struggling with behavior at home. Got a kindergartener who refuses to practice their sight words? An out-of-sorts elementary schooler who’s experiencing nightmares? A middle schooler whose math teacher just...
Rutgers Translates COVID-19 Information for New Jersey’s Diverse Population
The Rutgers Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research has launched a social media campaign to provide New Jersey’s minority and immigrant communities with information and resources they need to stay informed in their own languages about COVID-19....
The time to revisit N.J.’s vaccine law is now
The New Jersey Legislature postponed a final vote last year on a vaccine bill that would have put an end to religious exemptions from vaccinations for all students enrolled in public and private schools and colleges statewide. The vote occurred against a backdrop of...
AI tool gives doctors a new look at the lungs in treating COVID-19
Spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic, Princeton researchers have developed a diagnostic tool to analyze chest X-rays for patterns in diseased lungs. The new tool could give doctors valuable information about a patient’s condition, quickly and cheaply, at the point of...