Rutgers public health researcher and expert in microbiology and immunology Maria Laura Gennaro, MD, MSc, has been nominated Inaugural Chair of the Microbiology Committee of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Researching COVID to Enhance Recovery (RECOVER)...
A Rutgers professor’s novel research into targeting and silencing defective, disease-causing RNA molecules has led to the launch of Ceptur Therapeutics, a startup that has raised $75 million in Series A funding. The initial research that led to the creation of Ceptur...
After 256 briefings on the state’s response to the pandemic, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy will hold his final COVID-19 update at 1 p.m. Friday. It will also mark two years since the first reported coronavirus case in the state. Murphy said he understood the importance...
I used to talk to my college students about all the advances in civil rights and equity that people with disabilities have made over the years. Then the COVID-19 pandemic struck. Across the country, countless members of my community were turned away from hospitals,...
New Jersey’s COVID-19 public health emergency ends Monday, the same day the state lifts the mask mandate for schools and child care centers. The end comes nearly two years after it was implemented to give the state flexibility in its pandemic response. But Gov. Phil...