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Rutgers School of Public Health and Rutgers Mason Gross School of the Arts have partnered with the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) to launch the interdisciplinary Arts in Health Research Lab. This first-of-its-kind collaboration between a performing arts center, a school of the arts and a school of public health will break new ground in the emerging field of arts in health.

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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.