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…
Los Angeles in lockdown for the holidays, residents ordered to stay at home
LOS ANGELES, CA – Los Angeles is back in lockdown as the L.A. County Health Department has issued new rules for citizens and businesses through December 20th, 2020. The new lockdown recommends…
COVID-19 Positive Case Reported in NJ Health Department, Commissioner Goes Into Quarantine
TRENTON, NJ – She needs no introduction. New Jersey Department of Health Commissioner Judith Persichili is the person who guides New Jersey’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and each morning she appears…
Delaware Extends COVID-19 State of Emergency
WILMINGTON, Del. – Governor John Carney on Wednesday formally extended the State of Emergency declaration another 30 days to confront community spread of COVID-19, and issued the following statement: “We are in a resurgence, and we…
Watch: Are These Outdoor Domes the “New Normal”?
TORONTO, ON – In June and July, a yoga and fitness studio in Toronto set up a series of workout bubbles in a month-long yoga pop-up studio. This came shortly after many…
CDC Lowering COVID-19 Quarantine From 14 Days to 7-10 Days
WASHINGTON, DC – The Center for Disease Control is working on new guidance that will lower the quarantine period of people suspected to have contracted COVID-19 from 14 days to 7-10 days,…
Dan Crenshaw: Elected officials who persecute citizens on Thanksgiving Day should be held accountable
Dallas, TX – Texas Congressman Dan Crenshaw today railed against Democrat governors nationwide over a series of anti-Thanksgiving executive orders and directives aimed at the American people. Some governors such as New…
Ocean ENT now offers SomnoGuard Oral Appliance Therapy
WALL TOWNSHIP/TOMS RIVER, NJ – Do you suffer from mild to severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)? If so, Ocean Otolaryngology Associates (Ocean ENT) is now offering SomnoGuard® Oral Appliance Therapy as part…
Gov. Baker announces National Guard COVID-19 field hospital in Worcester
WORCESTER, MA — The Baker-Polito Administration announced that the first field hospital will be stood up at the DCU Center in Worcester as the Commonwealth prepares additional capacity for COVID-19 patients. This…
Maryland Reaches All Time High in COVID testing as 2,885 New Cases Reported, 16 Dead
ANNAPOLIS, MD—Governor Larry Hogan today announced that the State of Maryland reported a new daily high of 51,510 COVID-19 tests, smashing all previous records. State health officials continue to expand Maryland’s testing capacity…
Cardiac arrest treatment that uses life support machine boosts survival
Using a life support machine to replicate the functions of the heart and lungs significantly improved the survival of people who suffered from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, according to a new study published…
Treatments for people with early COVID-19 infection is an urgent research focus
COVID-19 treatments for people with early infection are needed urgently, according to a JAMA Viewpoint article by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Director Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., and colleagues. Treating people…
Promising Interim Results from Clinical Trial of NIH-Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine
An independent data and safety monitoring board (DSMB) overseeing the Phase 3 trial of the investigational COVID-19 vaccine known as mRNA-1273 reviewed trial data and shared its interim analysis with the trial…
Envision color: Activity patterns in the brain are specific to the color you see
Researchers at the National Eye Institute (NEI) have decoded brain maps of human color perception. The findings, published today in Current Biology, open a window into how color processing is organized in…
NIH to fund research of racial disparities in pregnancy-related complications and deaths
The National Institutes of Health will fund new research examining racial and ethnic disparities in pregnancy-related complications and deaths. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(link is external), approximately 700 women…
Study of “exceptional responders” yields clues to cancer and potential treatments
In a comprehensive analysis of patients with cancer who had exceptional responses to therapy, researchers have identified molecular changes in the patients’ tumors that may explain some of the exceptional responses. The…
Thursday, November 19, 2020 New NIH BRAIN Initiative awards move toward solving brain disorders
The National Institutes of Health will fund more than 175 grants, totaling nearly $500 million, through the NIH’s Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative, part of a large effort among…
New Jersey College Students Must Quarantine for 14 Days Away from Family, Governor Murphy Says
TRENTON, NJ – New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy said if you are attending college out of state, don’t count on being one of the 10 people invited to Thanksgiving dinner. That’s because…
Delaware Latest State to Cap Thanksgiving Dinner at 10, Cancel Interstate Youth Sports
WILMINGTON, Del. — Governor John Carney on Tuesday announced additional restrictions statewide to slow community spread of COVID-19 as Delaware and the country experience a surge of cases, hospitalizations and deaths heading into…
Northeast U.S. Governors Form New Federation of Socialist States to Strengthen Powers of Impending Lockdown
TRENTON, NJ – When New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy announces the next COVID-19 lockdown protocol in the Garden State, he will undoubtedly be viewed as an out of control governor imposing his…
Philadelphia Goes Into COVID-19 Lockdown, Restaurants, Gyms, Schools, Colleges Ordered to Close
PHILADELPHIA, PA – The second wave of COVID-19 lockdowns are closing in on New Jersey, where Governor Phil Murphy has indicated he too might be edging closer in that direction. Across the…
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