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Jersey City Medical Center Opens New Center for Multidisciplinary ...
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No Masking Partisanship in Face Covering, Vaccine, Reopening Debate: Rutgers ...
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Air Quality Alert: Ozone Levels Expected to Reach Unhealthy Levels Sunday
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Hoboken Continues to Uphold Mask Requirements Under Certain Conditions
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Pfizer Vaccine Open to Kids 12-15 in NJ. What Hudson County Parents Need to Know
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Healthy Adult Bones Age by Age
By JCMC
June 18, 2021Continuing significant investments and enhancements in health care for residents of the communities it serves, Jersey City Medical Center (JCMC), an RWJBarnabas Health facility, today opened a new center that expands the hospital’s delivery of multidisciplinary, comprehensive cancer care — close to home in Hudson County.
The facility’s opening is possible in large part ...
NEW BRUSWICK, NJ — As vaccination rates increase and prospects of normal life return more than a year into the coronavirus pandemic, New Jerseyans differ on various aspects of this “new normal” and how comfortable they feel, according to the latest Rutgers-Eagleton Poll.
Almost all New Jerseyans support (63% “strongly,” 24% “somewhat”) fully ...
SILVER SPRING, MD - The National Weather Service declared Sunday, June 6 an "Ozone Action Day." This air quality alert is for Northern NJ including Eastern Passaic County, Bergen County, Hudson County, Essex County and Union County.
Ozone levels are forecast to reach unhealthy for sensitive groups. According to the Weather Service, the very young, the elderly, and persons ...
Natural Balance Pet Foods, Inc has voluntarily recalled L.I.D. Green Pea and Chicken Dry Cat Food due to possible Salmonella contamination, announced the FDA. The contamination was discovered after a routine sample was obtained by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture.
The products were distributed nationwide in the U.S. in retail stores and online. The products ...
HOBOKEN, NJ - With less than five new cases per day reported over the last two weeks, the tide has seemed to turn in Hoboken's ongoing battle with COVID-19.
"We continue to make substantial progress in Hoboken in overcoming COVID-19 with the recent reduction in cases," said Mayor Ravi Bhalla. "After over a year with the many hardships our community has faced due to ...
HUDSON COUNTY, NJ — The Pfizer vaccine opened to children 12 – 15 in New Jersey Wednesday night, state health officials said.
The state Health Department in a statement said that following federal authorization of the Pfizer vaccine for children in that age range, it is allowing the vaccine to be administered to those children.
“With today’s ...
Peak bone growth occurs during childhood, but bones continue to grow throughout life.
“Bone is a pretty amazing thing,” says Richard Yoon, MD, Director of Orthopedic Research at Jersey City Medical Center and a member of RWJBarnabas Health Medical Group. “Bone is always in turnover, constantly being broken down and built back up at every age.”
The process of ...
HOBOKEN, NJ - Local vaccination efforts continue to move ever forward, as the Hoboken Health Department announced plans to work with local pharmacies to expand availability for Hoboken residents, Hoboken business employees, and now Hoboken residents ages 12-15.
Medicine Man Pharmacy has begun utilizing the Pfizer vaccine for all Hoboken residents ages 12+, given new guidance from the FDA and ...
As an assistant team physician for Rutgers Athletics and the former medical director for Sky Blue FC, Dr. Jason Krystofiak works with hundreds of athletes every year to safely return them to play after a concussion.
In the old days, the prescription for a concussion was generally to rest for weeks and sometimes months and avoid loud noises and bright lights. But Dr. Krystofiak has ...
HOBOKEN, NJ - After a slow start to the vaccination rollout in our area, the Hoboken Health Department have announced a slew of opportunities this week for Hoboken residents and employees at Hoboken businesses.
Through a continuing partnership with Medicine Man Pharmacy and Compounding, Hoboken Family Pharmacy and Better Life Pharmacy, the City is offering COVID-19 vaccine at all clinics this ...
