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The Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), funded by Medicare and Medicaid, has quietly succeeded in enabling some older Americans to age in place. Research has shown that PACE programs reduce hospitalization, emergency room visits and nursing home... by | Mar 23, 2022 | News
It was early in the pandemic when Dr. Lawrence Kleinman, the vice chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Rutgers University, started paying attention to the unexpected impacts of COVID-19 infection in kids. Studies coming out of Europe showed that some young... by | Mar 22, 2022 | News
And for oral COVID-19 therapies, timing is critical Studies show one drug, Pfizer’s Paxlovid, is nearly 90% effective at keeping mildly or moderately infected patients out of the hospital. Doctors believe this medication — taken over five days at home, similar to... by | Mar 22, 2022 | News
As masks officially come off today for teachers and children, a majority of New Jerseyans agree with lifting the childcare and school settings mask mandate, according to the latest Rutgers-Eagleton Poll. Forty-six percent “strongly agree” with Governor Murphy’s... by | Mar 21, 2022 | News
The New Jersey State Policy Lab at Rutgers University released a study of challenges faced by local governments seeking to quickly distribute emergency rental assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic, citing the city of Newark as a success story. Although housing...