NJACTS Community Engagement Core COVID-19 Resources
The situation around the current spread of COVID-19 is changing rapidly. We have compiled resource links for the general community highlighting local resources across New Jersey, ways to get involved, and mental and physical wellness. Visit our COVID-19 page for...
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Fresh Connect is designed to help prevent and treat disease, particularly for people who may not be able to afford healthy food Read Article
Join NJ ACTS Special Populations Core for a Seminar on 3/21 at 12!
Patterns in Geographic Distribution of Substance Use Disorder Treatment Facilities in the US and Accepted Forms of Payment From 2010 to 2021 Presented by Jonathan Cantor, PhD Policy Researcher, RAND Corporation The ongoing drug overdose crisis is a continuing public...
Higher Bills Are Leading Americans to Delay Medical Care
Inflation and pressing household expenses are forcing some people to postpone health needs, an emerging trend that has health experts worried that conditions may only worsen. Nearly four of 10 Americans said they had put off care in 2022 because of cost, the highest...
This life-saving drug has been difficult to find. Now it could get much harder.
Families and hospitals already grappling with a national shortage of liquid albuterol could soon find the critical drug solution used to treat lung conditions such as asthma even harder to obtain. The shortage — which began last year — is expected to worsen after a...
Removing Technology Barriers to Address Health Equity Among Older Adults
While digitally-based communications have begun to penetrate all aspects of our lives—e.g., accessing medical care; registering for vaccines and other services; validating information; obtaining essentials like groceries and other necessities; worshiping and...
Apply for a Masters of Science in Clinical Research Management
Apply here! Applications are due before April 15, 2023. Interested in entering the Clinical Research Workforce, but have no prior experience? Seeking new ways to play a role in the development of cutting-edge medicine, vaccines, or devices? The Rutgers School of...
Princeton researchers find a path toward Hep E treatment by disentangling its knotty structure.
In a paper published Feb. 28 in the journal eLife, a team of researchers headed by Princeton’s Alexander Ploss settle a debate about a key protein in hepatitis E (Hep E), which could open the way to developing treatments for a tiny virus that poses an outsized threat...
US Congress Recognizes NJIT for Providing Mobile Vaccination Center in Queens.
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) was recognized by the 117th United States Congress for its role in providing a mobile medical care unit (M2CU) to aid in COVID-19 vaccination and testing. The M2CU was developed through a collaboration by NJIT, University...
Brain-Wave Data and Hearing Test May Help Diagnose Autism Earlier.
Brain-wave data collected during a hearing test routinely given to newborns could help clinicians spot neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism in early infancy, according to a new Rutgers-led study. Researchers found that newborns who later received an autism...