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With Spring in Bloom, Here’s How to Navigate Allergies.
If you find yourself wheezing and sneezing now that spring is here, you’re in good company. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about one in four adults and nearly one in five children experience seasonal allergies. Catherine Monteleone, a...
What Caused COVID-19? What We Do (and Don’t) Know 5 Years Later.
Five years ago today the World Health Organization called COVID-19 a pandemic for the first time. Much about the coronavirus was a mystery then – how exactly it spread, if we could treat it and whether we could prevent it. While the answers to those questions...
NJACTS Community Engagement Core COVID-19 Resources
The situation around the current spread of COVID-19 is changing rapidly. We have compiled resource links for the general community highlighting local resources across New Jersey, ways to get involved, and mental and physical wellness. Visit our COVID-19 page for...
Missing the Old Days? Study Examines How Nostalgia Affects Us at Work.
When the Covid-19 lockdown began five years ago, the small and sometimes annoying things that make up a typical workday suddenly felt like ancient history. While many employees embraced the transition to working from home, others missed the daily routine of commuting...
Rutgers Rises in National Top 100 Worldwide Patent Ranking.
Rutgers improved its standing in a worldwide ranking of utility patents granted to university inventors, moving up five spots to come in 68th in the world and 43rd among U.S. institutions in this year’s list, a distinction that highlights the caliber of Rutgers...
NJACTS Community Engagement Core Available Services
Virtual Community Engagement Salon The NJ ACTS CEC Virtual Community Engagement Salons bring researchers together with patients, community members and health care stakeholders to actively participate in cross-talk — to incubate ideas for engagement in the...
Physics Professor Aims on Setting Science Right.
For the past several years, Vitaly Podzorov, a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy in the Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences, voluntarily has worked as part of a research integrity community to detect signs of potential scientific misconduct in...
Weighing Facts Against Myths in the Fluoride Debate.
A Rutgers pediatric dental expert discusses why fluoride in U.S. drinking water isn’t a concern. A recently-released study of the effects of fluoride on populations outside of the United States is fueling the debate on the use of this naturally occurring mineral that...