Technique Restores Healthy Bacterial Balance in C-Section Babies.
Newborns delivered by cesarean section who are swabbed with the vaginal fluid of their mothers after birth have beneficial bacteria restored to their skin surface and stools, according to a new study. In the first randomized study of its kind, published in the science...
New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Serrador's article in Brain Injury titled, "The consideration of post-exercise impact on SCAT3 scores in athletes immediately following a head injury." Sports-related concussions have become a major health concern. According to the Center for Disease...
Public Guaranteed Child Support Programs May Help Reduce Poverty Worldwide.
Rutgers-led study calls for public guaranteed child support programs as the rate of single-mother families increases and the instability and precariousness of labor markets continues impacting single mothers’ earnings and nonresident fathers’ ability to pay child...
Reentry Services May Help Stabilize Substance Use Risks After Mass Prison Release.
Contrary to expectations, the risk for relapses, overdoses and deaths related to substance use disorder didn’t increase after a large-scale prison release in New Jersey, according to a Rutgers study. The study, published in JAMA Health Forum, examined whether...
New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Reichman's article in Social Science & Medicine titled, "Racialized police use of force and birth outcomes." Rates of low birth weight and preterm birth among infants born to Black women have been twice those of infants born to White women in the...
NJ Medicaid Reforms Tied to Increased Use of Opioid Addiction Treatment.
Although medications such as buprenorphine effectively combat opioid addiction, less than 30 percent of potential users receive them nationwide. New Jersey sought to increase prescription numbers with three Medicaid reforms that took effect in 2019. The reforms:...
Novel Antibiotic Succeeds in Trial Against Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia.
A Rutgers researcher leading a trial found that the novel combination antibiotic sulbactam-durlobactam combats dangerous pneumonia at least as well as the best currently approved treatment. The findings have led a unanimous expert committee to recommend that the Food...
Professor works to close the digital divide for underserved students.
Michael A. Palis, Rutgers University in Camden interim vice chancellor for research and university professor of computer science in the Camden College of Arts and Sciences, knows that one of the most effective ways to close the digital divide is to build bridges for...
New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Kumar's article in ACS Omega titled, "Scalable Inhibitors of the Nsp3-Nsp4 Coupling in SARS-CoV-2." SARS-CoV-2, a newly emerged Betacoronavirus, is responsible for the ongoing pandemic of severe respiratory disease, which has infected over 500 million...
Research & Innovation Few Adult Smokers and Nonsmokers Think E-Cigarettes Have Lower Levels of Harmful Chemicals Than Cigarettes.
About half of cigarette smokers and young adult non-smokers think that nicotine-based electronic cigarettes have the same amount or even more harmful chemicals than regular tobacco-based cigarettes, according to a Rutgers study. The study, published in Addiction,...