NEWS
NJACTS Community Engagement Core COVID-19 Resources
The situation around the current spread of COVID-19 is changing rapidly. We have compiled resource links for the general community highlighting local resources across New Jersey, ways to get involved, and mental and physical wellness. Visit our COVID-19 page for...
How to Prepare for Respiratory Illness Season: Get Vaccinated.
Between Oct. 1, 2024, and May 17, an estimated 47 million to 82 million people contracted the flu, with hundreds of thousands hospitalized and 27,000 to 130,000 deaths, including 266 children — the highest number of pediatric deaths reported in any non-pandemic...
Vision Therapy Reverses Concussion-Related Double and Blurred Vision, NJIT-Led Study Finds.
Nearly half of adolescents and young adults with lingering symptoms of concussion suffer from eye coordination disorders that cause double and blurred vision, headaches and difficulties concentrating. “These conditions make it hard to read books, work on a computer or...
Rutgers Health Researchers on Medicaid Cancer Screening Trends, Best Practices.
New Jersey has the tenth-highest rate of cancer incidence rate in the United States. The second leading cause of death in New Jersey, thousands of residents die from preventable cancers each year. NJ FamilyCare, the state’s Medicaid program insuring more than 1.8...
Helping New Jersey Clinicians Close Care Gaps for Disabled Adults.
Roughly 150,000 New Jersey residents have intellectual or developmental disabilities that hinder their ability to communicate with health care providers. But a pilot program from Rutgers Health has demonstrated that training can improve care for this vulnerable...
Model for Group Prenatal Care Bolsters Patient Satisfaction, Support and Trust, Researchers Find.
CenteringPregnancy is a prenatal care model combining education and individual health assessments in group settings for women at similar stages of pregnancy. A new evaluation by the Rutgers School of Public Health demonstrates that Centering fosters important social...
Major NIH Grant is Strengthening Rutgers–Camden Research.
Under the guidance of Professor of Chemistry and Center for Computational Biology (CCIB) faculty member Jinglin Fu, Rutgers–Camden students are benefiting from a grant of almost $500,000 from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The goal of the research is to...
Keep Calm & Carry On. An update on people’s behavioral health needs and the way care is delivered.
According to Ken Esser, executive vice president of behavioral health at Hackensack Meridian Health, “About one in five adults across this country are suffering from some sort of mental health illness. Half get no treatment whatsoever. When you talk about significant...