by William Jester | May 11, 2021 | Community, Covid, News
Racial disparities have been accentuated throughout the pandemic. Blacks and Latinos have been stricken, and, in too many cases, died from COVID-19 at higher rates than their white counterparts. Meanwhile, educational equity, one thing that can narrow the gap between...
by William Jester | May 10, 2021 | News
Join the Special Populations core as Donald (Rusty) Reeves, MD Director of Psychiatry, Rutgers-University Correctional Health Care and Peter Treitler, MSW Research Specialist, Rutgers Center for Health Services Research present “Medications for Opioid Use...
by William Jester | May 10, 2021 | News
Please read Dr. Goldman’s article in Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention titled, “Neighborhood Social Environmental Factors and Breast Cancer Subtypes among Black Women” In the United States, incidence rates of aggressive types of breast...
by William Jester | May 9, 2021 | Community, Covid, News
Rutgers Global Health Institute director Richard Marlink discusses the COVAX (COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access) initiative and the need for a global response to the pandemic within the context of Venezuela’s efforts to obtain vaccines and release a vaccination plan...
by William Jester | May 8, 2021 | Community, Covid, News
The researchers found that Americans who were already taking opioids did not experience disruptions in their supply. Patients who were not previously taking opioids for pain management were less likely to receive a new prescription in the first months of the pandemic,...
