Health & Wellness

ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The Essex County Office of Information has issued the following charts delineating coronavirus cases in the county, updating through the morning of Saturday, May 23. Since the pandemic, Orange has seen a total of 922 known cases and 71 known deaths. East Orange has seen a total of 1,810 known cases with a total of 180 known deaths.

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(ESSEX COUNTY, NJ) – Supermarkets Stop and Shop and Weis Markets have issued recalls on Healthy Choice Power Bowl 9.5 ounce Chicken Feta and Farro.  The United States Department of Agriculture have issues a warning that expands on a recall issued on April 10, 2020.

Conagra Brands, Inc. or Russellville, Arkansas and Marshall, Missouri recalled approximately 276,872 pounds of not ...

(EAST ORANGE, NJ) — All East Orange residents — symptomatic or asymptomatic can now get tested for Coronavirus or antibodies at a drive-through testing site located at 161 Elmwood Avenue. A limited number of antibody tests are available at the site.

The East Orange Department of Health and Human Services, in partnership with Platinum Health Services, Central Jersey Urgent ...

TRENTON, NJ – The graphs shown on NJ Governor Phil Murphy’s May 11 COVID-19 press briefing are all pointing in the right direction.  As he usually does, Murphy went through several points of data, adding his own commentary.  We will summarize them for you here.

Murphy did not hold briefings over the weekend, so the information he shared were numbers reported today with ...

TRENTON, NJ — Two New Jersey FEMA sites will begin testing anyone for COVID-19 whether you're displaying symptoms or not, Gov. Phil Murphy announced Friday during the state’s daily press briefing.

The testing centers at Bergen Community College in Paramus and PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, will start administering the additional screenings starting Sunday and Monday ...

NEW JERSEY — A 4-year-old of New Jersey has died of COVID-19, State Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli announced Friday during the state’s daily briefing in Trenton.  This death is the first COVID-19 death reported in New Jersey of anyone under the age of 18.

The child had an underlying medical condition, but Persichilli would not reveal the nature but it was not ...

(TRENTON) – Over the past several weeks, as hospitals limit visitation to prevent the spread of COVID-19, many mothers have had to give birth alone or with only one other person present. The significant number of infectious patients being treated in hospitals for COVID-19 has put a tremendous strain on the healthcare system and caused many mothers ...

(ORANGE, NJ) - The City of Orange Township and Salerno Medical Associates will provide COVID-19 testing for Orange residents only, via a Mobile Testing Unit. Testing will be May 4 – May 8, from 10:45 am to 6:00 pm at varying locations. 

• Monday, May 4, Orange Police Station, 29 Park St., Orange.
• Tuesday, May 5, City Hall, 29 North Day St., Orange.
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(ESSEX COUNTY) - Three additional dates have been scheduled for testing for the novel coronavirus in Essex County's Weequahic Park: Monday, May 4, Wednesday, May 6 and Friday, May 8. Screenings are now open for all Essex County residents, not only those symptomatic of the Coronavirus. Testing is still by appointment only and will be scheduled from 9 a.m. to ...

(EAST ORANGE, NJ) - The City of East Orange will be holding its Virtual Telephone Town Hall on East Orange's response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) on Thursday, April 30 from 6 pm-7 pm.

The Town Hall will be hosted by Mayor Ted R. Green and Dr. Monique S. Griffith, Director of Health and Human Services and Special Guest U.S. Senator Cory Booker. Residents ...