The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved naloxone nasal spray (Narcan)—a medicine that rapidly reverses an opioid overdose—for over-the-counter use.

The increased availability of naloxone will help underserved communities, but the price of Narcan could increase and stigma for people who use opioids may remain, according to a new editorial by Rafael E. Pérez-Figueroa, associate dean for community engagement and public health practice and an associate professor in the Department of Urban-Global Public Health at the Rutgers School of Public Health. The editorial was published in the The BMJ.

Rutgers study finds that searches in Spanish were more stress-inducing than English equivalents

The Rutgers School of Public Health has been ranked No. 22 among the 2023-2024 Best Graduate Schools in Public Health by U.S. News & World Report.

Stephanie Shiau, PhD, MPH, an assistant professor in the Rutgers School of Public Health’s Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, received the 2022 Abraham Lilienfeld Award from the American Public Health Association Epidemiology Section. The award, which recognizes excellence in the teaching of epidemiology, was presented to Shiau at the organization’s annual meeting in Boston.

Rutgers School of Public Health professor in the Department of Urban-Global Public Health, Laura Lindberg, PhD, has received the 2022 Carl S. Schultz Lifetime Achievement Award from the Sexual and Reproductive Health Section of the American Public Health Association. The award was presented to Lindberg at the organization’s annual meeting in Boston.

Rutgers School of Public Health staff and alumni will be honored at the New Jersey Public Health Association’s (NJPHA) Annual Conference and Award Ceremony on April 21, 2023, for their outstanding commitment to public health in New Jersey.

Rutgers researchers say fewer colds may be the reason

The highly effective medication can be prescribed or dispensed in physician offices

Nanoscale plastic particles like those that permeate most food and water pass from pregnant rats to their unborn children and may impair fetal development, according to a Rutgers study that suggests the same process happens in humans.

Rutgers researcher finds that older people living with HIV/AIDS have unmet mental health needs

Rutgers researchers examine availability of disposable e-cigarettes and oral nicotine patches

Rutgers researchers found that talking with retailers was associated with increased use of locks