The researchers — working in summer 2020 — ran simulations of a wintertime coronavirus outbreak in New York City to identify key factors that would allow the virus to proliferate. They found that relaxing control measures in the summer months led to an outbreak in the...
As the pandemic brings long-standing health disparities into sharper view, community health workers are coming to the forefront in the public health response. Read the Full Article.
There are currently more than 150 different COVID-19 vaccines under development. Of these, more than 50 have reached human trials, and several have been approved for emergency or full use on six continents. In the US, two vaccines—one from the biotechnology company,...
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has changed the ways clinical trials are administered, said Reynold Panettieri, vice chancellor for Translational Medicine and Science at Rutgers. “In the past, clinical trials and clinical research were done usually in a...
By now, you’ve probably already seen the reports on the emergence of new, more contagious variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. And, like me, you’ve probably stared at the ceiling after reading them, asking, “Really, universe? Really?” As...
