Source: CNN Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, has agreed to plead guilty to three federal criminal charges for its role in creating the nation’s opioid crisis and will pay more than $8 billion and close down the company. The privately held company has agreed to pay a $3.5 billion fine as well as forfeit […]
Sources: North Jersey.com; MyCentralJersey.com The second wave of the coronavirus pandemic is mounting across New Jersey, as new daily diagnoses in recent days have reached heights not seen since May. How high this wave will climb — and how deadly it will be — remains unknown. Experts anticipate there will be more cases with fewer […]
Source: Ocean Daily Voice Riley, 3, has always loved playing on the playground near her Tenafly home, according to her parents, Jason and Nicole. The family was devastated when doctors diagnosed the young girl with tumors of her her brain and back tumor in January. She spent more than three months in the hospital undergoing […]
Get Your Flu Vaccine Before Halloween: New Jersey Vaccine Finder · Centers For Disease Control · The Covid/Flu “Twin-Demic” · Flu vs. Covid Symptoms Source: CentralJersey.com Flu season generally begins in the fall and runs into spring, peaking between December and February. It takes about two weeks for your body to build up antibodies to […]
By: Natalie Wellington After receiving glasses for several years, what seemed like a simple fix to Astigmatism, my vision wasn’t any better. Over the past 4 years, I’ve been dealing with blurry, double vision, headaches, eye aches, serious sensitivity to light, among other uncomfortable symptoms. After bouncing from doctor to doctor, I was sent to […]
Source: Daily Voice A mystery illness suffered by a participant has put the largest COVID-19 vaccine trial on hold, drug maker Johnson & Johnson announced. The New Jersey-based company – which sought 60,000 volunteers mostly over 60 – didn’t describe the illness or identify the patient in any way. “We must respect this participant’s privacy,” […]