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Nearly six months post-Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico has been forgotten. Camera crews and journalists are no longer in sight, and efforts to help have waned. Still, groups of people from around the world remain hopeful and are making an impact. In Be The Light,...

More than 2,000 citizens in Newark do not live within one mile of fresh food and vegetables, according to Rutgers University–Newark earth and environmental science professor Ashaki Rouff. Community gardens would seem to be a solution for residents of these “food...

Leslie M. Kantor joins Rutgers School of Public Health as the inaugural chair of the Department of Urban-Global Public Health.

New initiative will prepare nurses to better serve people by recognizing social determinants and their impact on patients' well-being. Read the story in Rutgers Magazine.

Dental decay is the most prevalent disease among children – sending many who don’t have access to affordable care to emergency rooms. Rutgers School of Dental Medicine students recently participated in a national event to provide dental care to underserved children....

Rutgers Global Health News – A new Rutgers School of Public Health program focuses on urban issues to curb epidemics and evoke policy change.

Rutgers Global Health News – Statistical analysis details extent, causes of direct, indirect deaths post Hurricane Sandy

News – Scientists race to find genetic clues as malaria decimates rare Hawaiian honeycreepers

News – Rutgers Awarded $360,000 HUD Grant to Reduce Residential Health Hazards