Hobbies and Healthy Habits Surged During the Pandemic.

Hobbies and Healthy Habits Surged During the Pandemic.

Rather than turn to vices such as alcohol and drugs, many people turned to new pursuits to cope with pandemic-related stresses, according to a Rutgers study. The study, published in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence, paints a more nuanced picture of how...
The Rise of a Climate-Triggered Neurotoxin in the Arctic Tundra.

The Rise of a Climate-Triggered Neurotoxin in the Arctic Tundra.

Climbing temperatures in the Arctic tundra are transforming inorganic mercury deposited by power plants and other industrial polluters, some of it inert for decades, into a neurotoxin that is accumulating in the region’s lake sediments, wetland ponds, soils and food...

New NJACTS Publication

Please read Dr. Jimenez’s article in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology titled, “Reach Out and Read Implementation: A Scoping Review.” Eighty percent of third-graders who live in poverty do not read at grade level.  Third-grade reading...
Doctoral Student’s Research Finds COVID Worsened Nurse Burnout.

Doctoral Student’s Research Finds COVID Worsened Nurse Burnout.

Nurses were burning out before COVID-19. Long hours, intense emotions and cumbersome procedures all generate stress. The pandemic made a bad situation worse, according to research from an unusual source: freshly minted doctoral degree recipient Lynne Moronski. Unlike...