Essay Series: Meeting the Multigenerational Moment
This essay series aims to demonstrate how fresh thinking and new social arrangements hold the potential to make the most of an increasingly multigenerational society. Read the Full Article.
HipHop Public Health launches “Community Immunity: Teen Takeover” series to promote vaccine literacy among teens
The new addition to the Community Immunity Rap Anthology uses music created by teens and an educator toolkit to inspire youth to help slow the spread of COVID-19. Read the Full Article.
New COVID-19 subvariant picking up steam, but could struggle spreading in warmer months.
If reports from other places in the world are a hint of what's to come in the U.S., a new wave of COVID-19 cases could begin in the near future. Thankfully, the timing of the wave should limit its severity. The last wave of the coronavirus was caused by its Omicron...
Fourth COVID-19 shot approved, but disputed.
Vaccinated individuals 50 years or older — and those as young as 12 who are significantly immunocompromised — can now get a second COVID-19 booster shot, thanks to federal government decisions Tuesday designed to increase protection among those at higher risk of...
New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Chen's article in Artificial Intelligence in Medicine titled, "DI++: A deep learning system for patient condition identification in clinical notes." The percentage of U.S. hospitals with an Electronic Health Record (EHR) system has grown from 9% in...
Rutgers–Camden Professor’s Grant to Tackle Racial Gaps in Local Breast Cancer Survival Rates.
Wanda Williams, director of the doctor of nursing practice program and clinical associate professor at the Rutgers School of Nursing–Camden, has received a $15,000 seed grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to improve breast cancer outcomes among Black women...
Americans are stuck in unhealthy pandemic habits. Here’s how to reboot.
The early days of lockdown restrictions had a profound effect on people's daily lives. Alcohol sales skyrocketed, physical activity dropped off sharply, and "comfort eating" led to weight gain, too. So, what's happened since March of 2020? After two years of pandemic...
National COVID Cohort Collaborative’s New Public Health Browser Makes COVID-19 Snapshot Data Accessible to All
The National Center for Data to Health’s National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C) Data Enclave houses the largest repository of COVID-19 data in the United States, with more than 4.5 million COVID+ patients. The N3C Data Enclave contains harmonized clinical data...
Join NJ ACTS Special Populations Core on April 12th
NJ ACTS Special Populations Core 2022 Seminar SeriesCulturally Re-Centering Evidence-Based Treatments Among Indigenous Communities Presented by: Katherine (Kait) Hirchak, PhD Assistant Professor Elson S. Floyd College of MedicineWashington State University Dr. Hirchak...
New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Panettieri's article in Science Translational Medicine titled, "Oncostatin M expression induced by bacterial triggers drives airway inflammatory and mucus secretion in severe asthma." Asthma is an increasingly common respiratory disease with patients...