Source: TapInto.Net NJ When discussing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of New Jersey’s residents, president and CEO of the Mental Health Association in New Jersey (MHANJ) Carolyn Beauchamp is concerned and wants to take action. “We don’t have a big enough system of care. We don’t have enough centers, clinics, we don’t have […]
Source: My Central Jersey.com Emergency rooms and hospital pediatric units across New Jersey have seen a surge in the number of children being brought in with respiratory illnesses including influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and COVID in recent weeks, hospitals are reporting. Having dubbed it a “tripledemic” for the three leading viruses that began spreading […]
Sources: The Bergen Record Online; NorthJersey.com The 51-year-old man who fell on steel rods during a construction accident during the weekend was working for a company hired to improve safety while the 138-unit housing complex is being built, said developer Charles Florio. Florio said he retained The Casa Group, a New York-based safety consultantcy, paying […]
Source: NJToday.net Paul Andrecola, 63, of Maple Shade, New Jersey, was sentenced to five years in prison and three years of supervised release and forfeiture of $2.74 million by U.S. District Court Judge Robert B. Kugler in Camden. Andrecola had previously been charged with one count of knowingly distributing or selling an unregistered pesticide in […]
Source: BBC.com Alyssa, who is 13 and from Leicester, England, was diagnosed with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia last May. Her cancer was aggressive — chemotherapy, and then a bone marrow transplant, were unable to rid it from her body. What happened next would have been unthinkable just a few years ago and has been made […]
Winter Blood Donor Drive: America’s Blood.org · Red Cross New Jersey Region: Rapid Pass Questionnaire · Donor App · Vitalant.org: $15,000 Donor Giveaway Source: American Red Cross The American Red Cross is facing its worst national blood shortage in more than a decade. Dangerously low blood supply levels are posing a concerning risk to patient […]