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Released: 25-Jun-2019 6:00 AM EDT
Four New Rutgers Sweet Basil Varieties are Available to Home Gardeners
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Four new sweet basil varieties resistant to downy mildew disease – which destroys leaves and has been the bane of basil growers for a decade – are now being sold to home gardeners and commercial farmers across the U.S. thanks to years of painstaking breeding and selection at Rutgers University.

Released: 16-Jun-2019 1:00 PM EDT
How the Stonewall Riots Affected LGBTQ Health Care
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Perry N. Halkitis, the author Out in Time: From Stonewall to Queer, How Gay Men Came of Age Across the Generations, addresses how Stonewall and the AIDS crisis have brought awareness and changes the ways the medical profession addresses health care of LGBTQ people.

Released: 13-Jun-2019 8:05 AM EDT
Martin J. Blaser To Receive Robert Koch Gold Medal for Contribution to Medicine
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Martin J. Blaser, director of Rutgers University’s Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine whose research led to new understandings about the beneficial relationships between humans and their microbiome (the microbes that live on and in our bodies), will receive the 2019 Robert Koch Gold Medal for his life’s work, the Robert Koch Foundation has announced.

Released: 2-Jun-2019 5:05 PM EDT
Preteen Suicide Attempts — Mainly By Girls — On the Rise, According to Rutgers Experts
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Preteen Suicide Attempts — Mainly By Girls — On the Rise, According to Rutgers Experts

   
Released: 20-May-2019 2:05 PM EDT
Rutgers Expert Discusses How to Avoid and Recognize Alcohol Poisoning
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

A Rutgers expert is available to speak about the risk of alcohol poisoning as we enter a season filled with end-of-school celebrations, outdoor BBQs and vacations. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that 2,200 alcohol poisoning deaths occur in the United States each year, an average of six people each day; 76 percent of those deaths are men.



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