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Scientists have discovered a molecular pathway that counteracts the ability of some viruses to evade the immune response. The findings raise hope in generating better immune responses to viral infections, such as COVID-19, as well as to cancer.

Announcement

New Grant Supports Rutgers Study Seeking to Identify Factors for Children at High Risk for Severe Illness from COVID-19

January 27, 2021 sarah Jonas COVID-19 and children, MIS-C, NIH Award, RADx, Robert Wood Johnson, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers

New Brunswick, NJ — Rutgers researchers have been awarded $1.6 million from the National Institutes of Health in support of the

Research Results

Environmental Surface Testing in Inpatient and Outpatient Hematology/Oncology Settings Shows Negligible Detection of SARS-CoV2

December 7, 2020 sarah Jonas ASH20, covid 19, Hematology, New Brunswick, New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, RWJBarnabas Health

Researchers from Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey evaluated the frequency of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, on various environmental surfaces in outpatient and inpatient hematology/oncology settings located within Rutgers Cancer Institute and Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, an RWJBarnabas Health facility. The study revealed extremely low detection of SARS-CoV-2 on environmental surfaces across multiple outpatient and inpatient oncology areas, including an active COVID-19 floor.

Announcement

Education is Key to Reducing Sudden Unexplained Infant Deaths

October 15, 2020 sarah Jonas American Academy Of Pediatrics, New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson, Rutgers, SIDS, SIDS Awareness Month, Sids Prevention

New Jersey’s rate of Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID) is the third lowest in the United States according to information issued this month by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The state’s rate has been consistently one of the lowest for well over a decade due to the statewide programs of the SIDS Center of New Jersey that educate parents, caregivers and health professionals and many other providers on how to reduce the risk of sudden unexpected death in infants.

Feature

Rutgers Supplies Hospitals with PPE to Battle COVID-19

April 22, 2020 sarah Jonas covid, COVID – 19, covid 19, COVID recovery, COVID-19 and education, COVID-19 precautions, COVID-19 Rapid Response, face shields, intubation boxes, personal protection equipment, PPE, PPE donations, Robert Wood Johnson, Rutgers University, social distancing

During the coronavirus pandemic, health care professionals worldwide are facing shortages of personal protection equipment (PPE). But faculty, students and staff from across Rutgers are coming together to produce face shields and intubation boxes themselves with off-the-shelf materials to help relieve the PPE shortage at area hospitals.