by William Jester | Apr 23, 2022 | Community, Covid, News
Walensky said there is still a lot of work needed to fight the pandemic and said vaccines and boosters are the best tools against COVID-19. Her remarks were part of a conversation with President Emeritus Shirley M. Tilghman, professor of molecular biology and public...
by William Jester | Apr 18, 2022 | Community, Covid, News
Research conducted 20 years ago by a former NJIT dean is being put to new use in the COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer-BioNTech. Barry Cohen, who was an associate dean of Ying Wu College of Computing, worked on the algorithm for bioengineering stable messenger RNA (mRNA),...
by Pamela Dahlen | Apr 16, 2022 | Community, Covid, News
The new addition to the Community Immunity Rap Anthology uses music created by teens and an educator toolkit to inspire youth to help slow the spread of COVID-19. Read the Full Article.
by William Jester | Apr 15, 2022 | Community, Covid, News
If reports from other places in the world are a hint of what’s to come in the U.S., a new wave of COVID-19 cases could begin in the near future. Thankfully, the timing of the wave should limit its severity. The last wave of the coronavirus was caused by its...
by William Jester | Apr 15, 2022 | Community, Covid, News
Vaccinated individuals 50 years or older — and those as young as 12 who are significantly immunocompromised — can now get a second COVID-19 booster shot, thanks to federal government decisions Tuesday designed to increase protection among those at higher risk of...
