Your monthly source of Rutgers global health news, events, and resources JANUARY 2021
Student Volunteers Are Essential to Rutgers’ COVID-19 Testing Strategy
Rutgers offers SARS-CoV-2 PCR saliva testing to employees and students who are working and learning on campus. To meet the ongoing need for testing materials—with nearly 25,000 people tested so far—volunteers are assembling COVID-19 test kits several days a week. Read more and watch a time-lapse video of Rutgers students participating in this volunteer effort initiated by the Rutgers Global Health Institute Student Council.
In a television interview broadcast by NJ Spotlight News, institute director Richard Marlink discusses the COVID-19 vaccine. Topics include how long immunity might last and roadblocks in rolling out a vaccination program.
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A long-term strategy for COVID-19 is missing—and critically needed, British scientists tell The Guardian. Even with multiple vaccines being rolled out, serious outbreaks remain likely into next year, and we need to plan for them now.
Why has America lost so many young Black men to COVID-19? In this in-depth feature, ProPublica explores the complex impact of the “unique, unrelenting stress caused by racism” on the health and life expectancy of Black men.
New Jersey’s food banks are experiencing a sustained surge in demand, which they expect to continue this year, reports NJ Spotlight. Unemployment is a primary driver, and people of color are disproportionately impacted because of their representation in labor industries that have been hit hard throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. “The economic damage of the pandemic will persist long after infection rates subside as vaccines become widely available,” said an advocate for the Food Bank of South Jersey.
NEXUS: On Mario Cooper and Black HIV Movement History
CNP, an organization whose mission is to shift narratives about Black gay men to change policy and improve lives, presents a commemorative event honoring the legacy of HIV justice advocate Mario Cooper. Rutgers Global Health Institute director Richard Marlink is among the individuals who will celebrate Cooper’s legacy during a feature presentation that is part of the event.
