TRENTON, NJ — New Jersey’s Department of Community Affairs, in partnership with the Department of Health and the Department of Environmental Protection, announced Jan. 24 the launch of an expanded version of the Potential Lead Exposure Mapping, or PLEM, tool, which provides new publicly available data that indicate potential sources of lead exposure. The tool […]
TRENTON, NJ — The New Jersey Department of Health has confirmed the state’s first human cases of West Nile Virus this year, according to an Aug. 25 press release. Three male residents tested positive in August for West Nile virus, in Bergen, Morris and Ocean counties. Two are in their 50s, one is in his […]
TRENTON, NJ — Individuals in high-priority groups in New Jersey should consider getting the monkeypox vaccine, according to the New Jersey Department of Health. The vaccine for monkeypox is called JYNNEOS. With the current limited supply of JYNNEOS vaccine in New Jersey, one the following residents may be eligible for vaccination: People who have had […]
GLEN RIDGE / MONTCLAIR, NJ — The New Jersey Department of Health has licensed Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Center, located in Glen Ridge and Montclair, to provide elective angioplasty, a scheduled procedure in which cardiologists use stents to open clogged coronary arteries in patients diagnosed with coronary artery disease. This minimally invasive treatment restores blood […]
TRENTON, NJ — Acting Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck announced Feb. 2 that all 21 counties in New Jersey, and all 241 municipalities with populations of more than 10,000 or that filed related lawsuits, have joined the state in signing onto the nationwide settlement agreements with Johnson & Johnson and the country’s three largest pharmaceutical […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — As part of the New Jersey Department of Health’s statewide Boost NJ Initiative, the East Orange Department of Health and Human Services held a booster shot clinic on Wednesday, Dec. 15, at the city’s Mobile Health Clinic located at 90 Halsted St. Residents 16 and older were encouraged to receive a […]
NEWARK, NJ — Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo Jr. hosted the 2021 Essex County Italian American Heritage Month celebration on Thursday, Oct. 28, in the county’s Martin Luther King Jr. Justice Building. During the event, DiVincenzo recognized Judith M. Persichilli, commissioner of the N.J. Department of Health, and Frank J. Del Gaudio, director of […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — In order to slow the spread of COVID-19 in New Jersey, the state has released a new app that will alert residents if they may have been exposed to someone with the virus. The Bloomfield Health Department is advising residents to download the app to ensure that residents are alerted as quickly […]
TRENTON, NJ — On April 29, the Murphy administration announced $24 million in state and federal resources for temporary wage increases for the direct support professionals who care for adult individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities living in group homes and supervised apartments — $10.6 million in state funding and $13.4 million in federal matching […]
NUTLEY, NJ — Hackensack Meridian Health recently announced that its Center for Discovery and Innovation, located in Nutley, has created a test to dramatically reduce the time it takes for diagnosing COVID-19. According to a press release from the organization, this is a major advance that will benefit patients, create a more effective triage system […]