Emanuel Garcia, who owns a Mexican store in the city’s Esperanza neighborhood, has seen his business take a huge hit during the COVID-19 pandemic. A Rutgers Global Health Institute program helped him stay open and continue serving the community’s needs safely.
As the COVID-19 Delta variant spreads and infection rates surge in New Jersey, Rutgers faculty and staff have been helping to improve vaccination rates in hard-hit areas.
Rutgers helped launch the Community Connectors campaign, which involves city residents who recruit local barbers to espouse the merits and accessibility of getting vaccinated.
In episode 9 of On the Pandemic, Richard Marlink and Nir Eyal share insights on various countries’ approaches to the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as pandemic-related inequities both among and within countries.
Vaccine access amid political turmoil in Venezuela is the backdrop of institute director Richard Marlink’s comments, for a story published by Devex, about COVAX and a global response to the pandemic.
In an interview with The Daily Targum, institute director Richard Marlink explains the international collaboration to distribute COVID-19 vaccines more equitably worldwide.
Following the FDA’s emergency approval of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine, ROI-NJ published a collection of health experts’ perspectives that includes institute director Richard Marlink’s comments about vaccine efficacy.
In an interview for WRSU Rutgers Radio, institute director Richard Marlink offers perspective on the importance of a global response to COVID-19, vaccine infrastructure in Africa, vaccine production and safety, and the World Health Organization.
Appearing on CNBC’s Power Lunch, core faculty member and Rutgers vice chancellor Reynold Panettieri discusses the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, infection rates and hospitalizations, and effective public health measures.
The global health consequences and moral implications of wealthy countries hoarding vaccines could be quite serious, said institute director Richard Marlink in a story published by The Daily Targum.
