April 28, 2020 | COVID-19, In the News
Gov. Phil Murphy announced the members of his Restart and Recovery Commission, which will help guide him in the process of reopening the state. Murphy said the group is unrivaled in terms of its diversity of experiences, perspectives and expertise. “It is composed of...
April 27, 2020 | COVID-19, In the News
During the 2020 pandemic-driven economic disaster, the next rounds of stimulus spending from Washington should fund one million community service jobs. Direct job creation programs must be added to the already authorized — and essential — business assistance and...
April 27, 2020 | COVID-19, In the News
Sadly, my patient and millions like her in America are fighting not only the coronavirus but another, older epidemic that’s only been exacerbated by the new crisis: food insecurity. The COVID-19 outbreak is further disrupting the healthy eating habits...
April 25, 2020 | COVID-19, In the News
In the immediate aftermath of the COVID-19 shutdowns and subsequent blow to the American economy in March 2020, the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University wanted to understand how the public workforce development system was...
April 24, 2020 | COVID-19, In the News
New Jersey property tax payments are made four times a year on the first day of February, May, August, and November. The May 1 payment is due in less than 10 days. With many homeowners out of work and small businesses closed due to the pandemic, many payments...
April 24, 2020 | COVID-19, In the News
New Jersey Policy Perspective released a report showing cuts in New Jersey spending since the recession of 2009 to three key departments: Health, Labor and Community Affairs, which coordinates the state’s social safety net — the programs most needed to...
April 23, 2020 | In the News
The Facts and Findings report, “Housing Instability and Health-Related Housing Quality in New Jersey,” details the results of the Rutgers Center for State Health Policy’s latest New Jersey Health and Well-Being Poll, conducted in 2019....
April 23, 2020 | EJB Talks
Returning to the healthcare field amidst the COVID-19 crisis, host Stuart Shapiro welcomes Professor Soumitra Bhuyan, who teaches in the Bloustein School’s health administration program and Dr. Sabiha Hussain from Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. Their...
April 21, 2020 | COVID-19, In the News
Professor Carl Van Horn discussed the havoc the coronavirus shut down has wreaked on the U.S. economy, causing unemployment numbers to soar to 18%. With so many people out of work, what will this eventually mean to the workforce locally and nationally? WHYY, April 20,...
April 20, 2020 | EJB Talks
The unemployment numbers in this first month of the COVID-19 pandemic have been staggering. What can we do to help those who are finding themselves newly unemployed, desperately waiting for their benefits to start and not sure where to turn? In this episode of EJB...
April 17, 2020 | COVID-19, Undergraduate Public Health Student Spotlights
Hometown: Palisades Park, NJ What Mariana says: I am grateful I have been given the opportunity to work with a great team that is doing a tremendous job in caring for their patients and providing the best care possible in these hard times. I have come across cancer...
April 17, 2020 | COVID-19, In the News
The COVID-19 global pandemic has left a record-number 22 million people – including over 700,000 within New Jersey – without jobs, wondering what the new normal will be when it comes to the economy and job-seeking in the future. Carl Van Horn, Distinguished Professor...
April 15, 2020 | COVID-19, In the News
The coronavirus pandemic unemployment numbers are numbing. In the three weeks ending April 4, the depressing tally is 16.8 million Americans have applied for unemployment benefits. The unemployment rate for workers age 55+ climbed from 2.6% to 3.3% in March, according...
April 13, 2020 | EJB Talks
The battle against COVID-19 has required a society-wide response. One of the key underappreciated components of that response has been the people who keep our hospitals running. In this episode, our host Stuart Shapiro, Associate Dean of Faculty and Professor of...
April 13, 2020 | COVID-19, In the News
Internet companies, as the world’s dominant information publishers, have profound social responsibility. They account for a large share of our nation’s economy as well. And, right now, they, including Facebook, Google and Twitter, among others, are showing their good...
