#RockYourDisability Awareness: NJ Division of Disability Services · CDC.gov · Musician Jessie Malin: Donate · Charcot Marie Tooth Association: Donate Sources: Pinelands Alliance; NJ Division of Disability Services Approximately 24% of U.S. adults — 61 million Americans — have a disability that impacts major life activities, according to a U.S. Centers For Diease Control (CDC) […]
Source: New Jersey Monitor.com A coalition of 47 mental health, disability rights, civil rights, and racial justice groups are urging Gov. Phil Murphy to veto a bill lawmakers passed last month that would double the time hospitals can hold people in mental crisis who have been hospitalized against their will. In legislative hearings last month, […]
Source: RLS Media Shoprite, a popular food chain in New Jersey, is among several stores in the nation to pull a frozen food dessert product from its freezers that the maker gas recalled. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Dreyers Grand Ice Cream Inc, the manufacturer of Outshine No Sugar Added Strawberry Fruit […]
Source: CNBC.com The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved AstraZeneca and Sanofi’s shot that protects infants and toddlers against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), which is the leading cause of hospitalization among babies in the U.S. Nirsevimab, sold under the brand name Beyfortus, is the first shot approved by the FDA to protect all infants […]
Cranio-Facial Conditions And Acceptance: My Face.org · Smile Train · FACES National Craniofacial Assn. · CCA Kids.org · Donate · American Cleft-Palate/CranioFacial Assn. For more than 72 years, myFace has worked to change the faces – and transform the lives – of children and adults with facial differences. By providing individuals and their families living […]
Source: New Jersey Patch A spinal cord treatment room At Edison New Jersey’s JFK University Medical Center has been named after former Rutgers University defensive tackle Eric LeGrand. In a surprise ceremony, Rutgers head football coach Greg Schiano unveiled a $250,000 donation he and his wife Christy made to name the treatment room the Eric […]