Nursing shortage and training shortfalls are linked in N.J. Can Rutgers be part of the solution?
Amid a crippling nursing shortage, thousands of potential nursing candidates are turned away each year from training programs throughout New Jersey. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the shortage — with nurses quitting or retiring in droves — but that’s only part...
New Jersey Regulation Not Associated With Curbed Opioid Prescriptions or Shortened Usage.
Regulation designed to reduce prescription opioid pain medications in New Jersey may not have had the intended effect: A Rutgers analysis of Medicaid records found that progression from short-term to long-term opioid use did not decline following new legislation...
She Helped Unlock the Science of the Covid Vaccine
Kizzmekia Corbett helped lead a team of scientists contributing to one of the most stunning achievements in the history of immunizations: a highly effective, easily manufactured vaccine against Covid-19. Read the Full Article
U.S. Begins Allowing Medicaid Money to Be Spent on Food
Biden administration allows states to tap funds for nutrition to battle chronic diseases, improve health The nutrition supports are part of a push by lawmakers in both parties, the federal government, and health providers who say providing lower-income people with...
Latino Teens Are Deputized as Health Educators to Sway the Unvaccinated
Some community health groups are training Latino teens to conduct outreach and education, particularly in places where covid vaccine fears linger. Read the Full Article.
Your Next Hospital Bed Might Be at Home
In a time of strained capacity, the “hospital at home” movement is figuring out how to create an inpatient level of care anywhere. Read Full Article.
Fatal drug overdoses down in NJ, first time in a decade
Last year, New Jersey recorded the first year-over-year decrease in fatal drug overdoses in at least a decade, state records show. Experts attribute the decline to regulatory changes that made treatment more accessible during the COVID-19 pandemic. Some 2,892 people...
Can a Computer Teach Babies to Count?
When Jinjing Jenny Wang embarked on a two-year study to determine whether infants experience any cognitive benefits from watching someone count out loud on screen instead of in person, she had already seen what affect such a video had on her own daughter at 10 months...
Join NJ ACTS Special Populations Core on February 28th for the 2023 Seminar Series!
Treating pregnant patients with opioid use disorder with Elizabeth Suarez, PhD, MPH Elizabeth Suarez is a pharmacoepidemiologist focused on studying the use and safety of medications in pregnancy. She received her PhD in Epidemiology from the University of North...
More young kids are being poisoned by pot that looks like candy, leading to seizures and comas.
A 4-year-old Montgomery County girl began gasping for air one evening in early 2021, and seemed unusually drowsy though it was not yet bedtime. She was rushed more than 15 miles away to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, where she was diagnosed with acute...