On Apr. 21, 2020, Rutgers University announced it has launched the nation’s largest prospective study of health care workers exposed to COVID-19. The study includes a series of clinical trials that will explore new drug treatments, antibody testing, and long-term health tracking in the hope of providing insight into how to treat the disease and prevent its spread.

The study is being coordinated by Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, the university’s academic health center. Initial results suggested a gender disparity in risk: women have been infected at a rate of 13 times their male counterparts.