Source: NJ.com Verano Zen Leaf Neptune Township became New Jersey’s 18th store offering adult legal weed via a ribbon cutting ceremony last weekend. Bernie Haney, Director of Land Use Development, says he and other township officials were notified by Verano’s Executive Vice President Anthony Marsico. “We said all along we wanted to be involved in […]
Source: Trentonian.com The Burlington County Breastfeeding Summit will be held Thursday, Aug. 18, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Burlington County Amphitheater, 5 Pioneer Boulevard, Westampton. The free event will feature presentations and discussions from lactation experts, counselors and health care advocates, as well as several local mothers with their own tips and […]
Source: CBS News A public health emergency has been declared against the monkeypox outbreak in the United States, which now counts more infections from the virus than any other country in the world, Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra has announced. The Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said it had tallied at […]
Sources: CentralJersey.com; AutismNJ.org Dawn B. of Matawan, suddenly couldn’t speak after getting COVID. She was diagnosed with dysphonia and was told she would have to just live with it. Imagine the exhaustion living life without a voice: Dawn needed family members to help her communicate what she was going through to her doctors. That’s when […]
Source: Jersey City Patch Jersey City Medical Center (JCMC), an affiliate of RWJBarnabas Health, this week unveiled an expanded adult and new pediatric Emergency Department. The new state-of-the-art department is part of a $100 million expansion, totaling 60,000 square feet, that will include surgery suites and more rooms for inpatients. JCMC’s Emergency Department already was […]
Source: NJ Dept. Health New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy and Department of Health (NJDOH) commissioner Judith Persichilli have expanded eligibility for the monkeypox vaccine. The vaccine was previously available to residents with known exposure to a monkeypox case. Going forward, the JYNNEOS vaccine will also be available to New Jerseyans who are at high risk […]