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FDA Approves Home Saliva Coronavirus Test Developed by Rutgers University Researchers

A much-heralded saliva test for the coronavirus developed at a Rutgers University lab has gained federal approval and will allow people to collect their own test samples at home and send them out to be processed. The Food and Drug Administration late Thursday approved an amended emergency use authorization for Rutgers’ RUCDR Infinite Biologics that allows the expansion of the saliva tests well beyond official collection locations. More.
SJ School Districts Face Budgetary Distress Due to COVID-19 

A new research report from the Senator Walter Rand Institute for Public Affairs at RU-Camden provides insight into the scope of how this imminent crisis will impact communities and families across the region. More.

As a Pandemic Hits, Youth Respond in Newark, and Beyond

The Newest Americans is a multimedia collaboration based at Express Newark comprised of journalists, media-makers, artists, and RU-Newark faculty and students telling the stories that radiate from the most diverse university in the nation. Newest Americans now is working with a group of high school and college students in Newark to be "reporters" on the impact of the pandemic. More.