by | Jul 29, 2020 | News
The information critical to a nationwide priority of reducing health care disparities among minorities is incomplete and inaccurate, according to a new Rutgers study. Published in Medical Care Research & Review and Medical Care, the study compared Medicare... by | Jul 28, 2020 | News
Previous findings link COVID-19 severity to preexisting cardiovascular and respiratory conditions. Oddly, however, people with asthma aren’t more likely to contract the virus nor are they more likely to have severe symptoms. In a new editorial published in the Journal... by | Jul 27, 2020 | News
Candy Malina of the Lakeview East neighborhood tested positive for COVID-19 in mid-March, with a cough and flu-like illness she described as debilitating but never life-threatening or requiring emergency care. Yet more than three months later, the 60-year-old social... by | Jul 21, 2020 | News
July is National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month. OMH will highlight resources to support mental and emotional wellbeing while following the social distancing guidelines to stop the spread of COVID-19. Read more. by | Jul 17, 2020 | News
“Minority communities are battling two insidious infections in our country: the coronavirus, and racism,” writes Tamara Horn in an NJ.com op-ed. Horn, the director of community outreach for Rutgers’ Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research,...