Source: New Jersey Patch Many Americans could soon become eligible for a second COVID-19 booster shot. But with federal regulations set to review applications from Moderna and Pfizer, vaccines for the virus could come with an out-of-pocket cost for the first time. The Biden administration requested $22.5 billion in immediate funding to battle COVID, which […]
Source: TapInto.net NJ; Rehabs.com American Addiction Centers commissioned a study in which the 100 largest towns and cities in New Jersey were ranked for their number of alcohol-related Instagram posts over the course of the pandemic. The researchers analyzed 5,000 Instagram posts starting from March 2020 – the unofficial start of lockdowns for most states […]
Source: NorthJersey.com While the role of public health departments is invisible to most people, they suddenly stepped into the spotlight during the pandemic. Contact tracing, COVID testing and vaccination drives created unprecedented demands they were hard-pressed to meet. New Jersey’s public health workforce is half the size, per capita, of that in such states as […]
Source: NorthJersey.com City school district teachers on Thursday began removing transparent student desk partitions installed to combat COVID-19, but the Board of Education will keep a mask mandate in place at least until May. The school board on Wednesday night voted 4-3 to get rid of the partitions but continue requiring masks, affirming a plan […]
Source: ShoreBeat Online Gov. Phil Murphy has signed an executive order which lifts the public health emergency that had been declared at the start of the coronavirus pandemic nearly two years ago. However he has left in place a general state of emergency that will continue to allow for some regulations, waivers and mandates to […]
Source: RLS Media Masks will be optional in many school districts across New Jersey starting March 7, the day Gov. Phil Murphy ends his statewide mandate — but schoolchildren still have to wear masks on the school bus. “School buses are subject to federal masking regulations,” said Murphy spokesperson Alyana Alfaro, who referred to an […]