Source: News 12 New Jersey All six of New Jersey’s COVID-19 vaccine megasites will now offer walk-in appointments. The site at the New Jersey Exposition Center in Edison will start taking walk-in appointments at 8 a.m. on Friday. It will be open until noon. The site is run with the help of Robert Wood Johnson […]
Source: NJ.com A bill, introduced to the New Jersey senate would prohibit public agencies and private businesses from asking whether people have been vaccinated, requiring they be vaccinated in order to gain entry or requiring they show proof they have been vaccinated. “We’re extremely concerned by Governor Murphy’s willingness to consider the use of vaccine […]
Sources: RLS Media The Center for Disease Control and U.S. health advisers urged resuming COVID-19 vaccinations with Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose shot, stating that its benefits outweigh a rare risk of blood clots. Officials have lifted an 11-day pause on Johnson & Johnson vaccinations following a recommendation by that expert panel. During the pause in […]
Sources: Patch.com New Jersey; ABC News.com Speaking at an April 19, 2021 press conference, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy said several key data points are making him and state health officials “cautiously optimistic” that New Jersey’s second wave of coronavirus is beginning to end. But he also said New Jersey isn’t ready for a bigger […]
Sources: NJ News 12; njTransit.com Bud Focht was the sports information director at Rider University for 35 years. He would have celebrated his 40th anniversary there, but he gave up that job five years ago to care for his wife Terry. When Terry developed early-onset Alzheimer’s disease, Focht says that his working days were over. […]
Source: RLS Media Health New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH) commissioner Judith Persichilli has released the following statement: “Out of an abundance of caution and following the guidance of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the NJDOH this morning paused the administration of the Johnson […]