As a young Black nurse, Charlotte Thomas-Hawkins saw it all. Staffers of color denied leadership roles and promotions, and believing that they were being held to higher standards. The automatic assumption that they had a lesser education. Patients assuming that a...
After older people and nursing home residents, no group perhaps has been harder hit by the pandemic than people with diabetes. Experts hope policymakers will take notice, and finally get serious about tackling the nation’s diabetes crisis. Read the Full...
A treatment for critically ill COVID-19 patients could be on the way, something health officials have been waiting for since the dawn of the pandemic. And if approved, it might be available for hospitalized patients by the fall. The experimental drug sabizabulin — the...
NJ ACTS Congratulates Pamela Rothpletz-Puglia, PhD Dr. Rothpletz-Puglia’s article Family Systems Cultural and Resilience Dimensions to Consider in Nutrition Interventions: A Qualitative Study Exploring Preschoolers’ Eating and Physical Activity Routines During...
Misinformation, historic barriers to care and systemic racism created a dangerous combination that exacerbated health disparities among New Jersey residents of color and white residents during the pandemic, according to a panel of Rutgers experts Manny Jimenez, Shawna...
