Canadian Wildfire Triggers Code Red Air Quality Alert in New Jersey: Officials Warn Everyone Is at Risk
Trenton, NJ – Smoke from hundreds of active wildfires burning across Canada continues to blanket New Jersey in unhealthy air, prompting the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) to declare an…
Surgeons Give 57-Year-Old Man A Functioning Pig Heart In Historic Procedure
Surgeons successfully transplanted a genetically-modified pig heart into a man suffering from terminal heart disease, the first procedure of its kind. University of Maryland School of Medicine faculty performed the surgery on…
State Health Department orders nursing homes to take in COVID-19 patients
HARTFORD, CT- The Connecticut Department of Public Health on Thursday issued an order that demanded long term care facilities and nursing homes to accept COVID-19 positive patients after being discharged from the…
Moderna CEO says you’re going to need a fourth vaccination next fall and more after that
Guess what? If you’ve been fully vaccinated and boosted with Moderna’s mRNA COVID-19 vaccine, you’re not done yet, according to company CEO Stephane Bancel. Bancel announced this week that those vaccinated with…
Two years into the pandemic, Murphy deploys Army National Guard to nursing homes again
TRENTON – COVID-19 is once again spreading through nursing homes across New Jersey despite high vaccination rates and booster rates statewide. Two years into the global COVID-19 pandemic, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy’s…
Murphy says he won’t ban elective surgeries, but one hospital claimed he already has
TRENTON, NJ – New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy on Monday declared that he does not have plans to ban elective surgies during the current COVID-19 spike, but said hospitals are choosing to…
CDC changes the definition of fully vaccinated and protected to include booster shots
WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control has quietly released new guidance for quarantining, and it effectively changes the definition of fully vaccinated to include a blanket statement to include…
President Biden tells American parents to keep their young children away from unvaccinated kids
Washington, D.C. – During a COVID-19 briefing today, President Joe Biden advised American parents to keep their vaccinated children away from unvaccinated ones. “For parents with kids too young to be vaccinated,…
New Jersey’s Vault testing for COVID-19 not working as intended as hundreds of thousands didn’t return tests
TRENTON, NJ – The Vault at-home testing service offered by the state of New Jersey isn’t working as well as the state hope it would. Part of the problem is the service…
NY Health Department Requires Healthcare Providers To Discriminate Based On Race When Administering Antiviral Treatment
The New York State Department of Health (NYS DOH) is requiring healthcare providers to prioritize non-white patients when administering oral antiviral treatment for COVID-19. The department issued a health advisory notice Monday…
Fauci says vaccinated and boosted Americans should not go to dinner with the unvaccinated
Dr. Anthony Fauci is now advising Americans against going out in public with the unvaccinated and to avoid going to restaurants and other indoor areas that allow unvaccinated people to enter. When…
Days after returning from Central American vacation, NJ first lady Tammy Murphy tests positive for COVID-19
TRENTON, NJ – On Thursday, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy and his wife Tammy returned to America from a week-long Central American family vacation in Costa Rica. On Sunday, the First Lady…
CDC cites low effectiveness of nonsurgical, cloth face masks, says use only as last resort
During the COVID-19 pandemic, designer cloth face masks and neck gaiters were the fashion rage, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warns Americans that cloth masks are not effective…
New Jersey records 35,000 COVID-19 cases on New Year’s Eve, tens of thousands more unaccounted for
TRENTON, NJ – The New Jersey Department of Health has announced 34,617 new COVID-19 positive cases and tens of thousands of at-home positive tests and unreported illnesses remain unaccounted for statewide. The…
Jersey Shore hospitals ask patients to go somewhere else to get tested
Jersey Shore healthcare providers AltantiCare and Shore Medical Center are telling patients looking to get tested for COVID-19 to find alternatives as the hospitals are both busy handling growing caseloads. In New…
Dr. Fauci says vaccine’s failure to stop variant infections was ‘communication error’ despite claims otherwise
Dr. Anthony Fauci now suggests that Americans who thought their two-dose COVID-19 vaccination and booster shots were going to keep them protected from contracting the virus is nothing more than a communications…
Monmouth County sees 3,500 new COVID cases over Christmas weekend
FREEHOLD, NJ – Monmouth County Commissioner Director Thomas A. Arnone and County Commissioner Deputy Director Susan M. Kiley have announced that between Thursday, Dec. 23 and Monday, Dec. 27, there have been…
Phil Murphy to return to New Jersey today as COVID daily caseload nears staggering 30,000 mark
TRENTON, NJ – New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy is expected to return to New Jersey from his weeklong Central American Christmas family vacation in Costa Rica to a much different state than…
Ocean County records 872 new cases, a record and testing center booked through January
TOMS RIVER, NJ – Ocean County recorded 872 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday and booking at the Ocean County College testing site is now booked solid through the end of January. The…
US Confirmed Over 441,000 New COVID Cases Tuesday, A Record
The United States recorded an all-time high number of coronavirus cases Tuesday, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The U.S. saw 441,278 new cases Tuesday, the CDC reported,…
As quarantine times reduced for COVID positive adults, your New Jersey student still has to quarantine up two weeks for close ‘contact’
If you are a COVID-19 positive NFL coach, you can return to work just three days after testing negative for COVID-19. If you are a healthcare worker, you can return to work…
