With the first confirmed case of the Omicron coronavirus identified today in the United States and as the variant continues to spread around the world, scientists are working to evaluate the risks and answer critical questions such as whether the variant is more...
As the world learns to live with COVID-19, there is some debate as to who is best to decide how to manage the risk of the virus. The dean of the Rutgers School of Public health says that people should be able to make the decisions for themselves. “People are tired of...
Raelynn Taylor, a second grader from Franklin Park who was the first child under age 12 to be immunized at Rutgers’ COVID-19 vaccine clinic at the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy Wednesday, said she could not wait to tell her classmates about the experience. “I’m...
Some 28 million children ages 5 to 11 can now get the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine under emergency use authorization granted by the Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Simon Li, an associate professor of pediatrics...
Maternal depression after childbirth affects a mothers’ economic welfare and financial stability up to 15 years later, according to a Rutgers study. Perinatal depression, which affects 13 percent of childbearing women in the United States, has been linked to an...
