“The pandemic has really transformed work. It’s transformed lifestyles. It’s transformed how we basically live,” says Rutgers University Professor James Hughes, dean emeritus of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. COVID-19 sparked the Great...
Please read Dr. Gaur’s article in the Pediatric Pulmonology titled, “E-cigarette or vaping product use associated lung injury (EVALI) in the time of COVID-19: A clinical dilemma.” Vaping is the process in which liquid substances such as nicotine or...
The Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), funded by Medicare and Medicaid, has quietly succeeded in enabling some older Americans to age in place. Research has shown that PACE programs reduce hospitalization, emergency room visits and nursing home...
It was early in the pandemic when Dr. Lawrence Kleinman, the vice chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Rutgers University, started paying attention to the unexpected impacts of COVID-19 infection in kids. Studies coming out of Europe showed that some young...
And for oral COVID-19 therapies, timing is critical Studies show one drug, Pfizer’s Paxlovid, is nearly 90% effective at keeping mildly or moderately infected patients out of the hospital. Doctors believe this medication — taken over five days at home, similar to...
