Winter Blood Donor Drive: America’s Blood.org · Red Cross New Jersey Region: Rapid Pass Questionnaire · Donor App · Vitalant.org Blood donations are needed year-round to save lives, but the winter months are typically marked by busy holiday schedules, inclement weather and seasonal illness like the flu, which makes it difficult for blood donors to […]
Source: Associated Press A bill to end smoking in Atlantic City’s casinos that appeared headed for its first vote Thursday was delayed yet again when Democratic lawmakers said they did not have enough votes to advance it. They also said they would listen to alternatives proposed by the casino industry including enclosed smoking rooms in […]
Source: MSNBC Rite Aid Corp. is continuing to close South Jersey stores as part of an ongoing bankruptcy action. The pharmacy chain recently shuttered a store at Haddon Avenue and Marne Avenue in Haddonfield, and announced the planned closing of another on Main Street in Moorestown. The firm is looking to sell leases for the […]
National Hospice and Palliative Care Association · CaringInfo.org · Advanced Planning Care · Palliative Care · Hospice Care · Caregiving Options ·Visiting Nurse Assn. of NJ · GetPalliativeCare.org Source: Visiting Nurse Assn. Northern New Jersey Hospice makes a meaningful difference in quality of life. In reality, its purpose is to ensure the best, most comfortable […]
Source: NJ.com Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital announced a tentatively new collective bargaining agreement with the United Steel Workers 4-200, which represents the 1,700 nurses who went on strike Aug. 4. “A memorandum of agreement was signed by both parties and will be presented over the next several days to union members through informational meetings […]
Source: The Trentonian Diabetes and obesity are rising among young adults in the United States, an alarming development that puts them at higher risk for heart disease, according to a study of 13,000 people between 20 and 44 years old. The study’s authors pinpointed structural racial inequities in American society as a driver of the […]