by William Jester | Oct 29, 2020 | Community, Covid, News
Pregnant women with severe or critical COVID-19 and their unborn infants face increased health risks before and after delivery, a Rutgers study finds. Meanwhile, the study, published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, also found that pregnant women...
by William Jester | Oct 28, 2020 | Community, Covid, News
When the first wave of coronavirus patients flooded New Jersey hospitals earlier this year, clinicians were heavily focused on ventilators. At the apex of the pandemic, one in four people hospitalized for COVID-19 needed these machines to breathe, and the state’s...
by William Jester | Oct 27, 2020 | Community, Covid, News
Precision medicine is a rapidly growing approach to health care that focuses on finding treatments and interventions that work for people based on their genetic makeup, rather than their symptoms. Zeeshan Ahmed, director of the new Ahmed Lab at Rutgers Institute for...
by William Jester | Oct 26, 2020 | Community, News
Read Drs. Jimenez and Reichman article in the Journal of Adolescent Health titled, School and Community Involvement of Adolescents With Chronic Health Conditions. Chronic developmental or behavioral conditions of teens are negatively associated with school and...
by William Jester | Oct 26, 2020 | Community, Covid, News
Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House’s coronavirus response coordinator, visited Rutgers on Tuesday to learn about the university’s response to the COVID-19 crisis and to reaffirm that all community members need to take precautions to stop the spread of the...