by William Jester | Aug 13, 2020 | Community, Covid, News
Hudson County parents have a deadline looming for a big decision: whether to send their kids to school for in-person learning. Hoboken parents have been asked to submit their decisions by Friday and other local districts have said families will soon also have the...
by William Jester | Aug 12, 2020 | Community, Covid, News
The coronavirus pandemic has added another new word to the dictionary. When COVID-19 first became a global pandemic earlier this year, people scrambled to keep up. Suddenly, formerly household items like hand sanitizer and toilet paper became hot commodities, and...
by William Jester | Aug 10, 2020 | Community, Covid, News
Asthma does not appear to increase the risk for a person contracting Covid-19 or affect its severity, according to new research. The team from Rutgers University in the US found that people with asthma – even those with diminished lung function who are being...
by William Jester | Aug 6, 2020 | Community, Covid, News
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread rapidly across many parts of the United States – breaking records for new cases every day – questions loom about what the future will look like. Martin Blaser, director of Rutgers’ Center for Advanced Biotechnology and...
by William Jester | Aug 5, 2020 | Community, Covid, News
A team of Rutgers professors developed the COVID Nearby app to help monitor the spread of coronavirus with a guarantee of privacy to individuals reporting information. The app will also provide researchers with insights about the privacy preferences of individuals...
