Health & Wellness
By PRESS RELEASE, NJ SHARING NETWORK
March 23, 2023
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - Robyn Ashmen, 52, is taking time to reflect on life’s most precious moments as she recently celebrated the 20th anniversary of her life-saving kidney and pancreas transplants. Robyn, who is consistently ranked one of the top professors at Stevens Institute of ...
CAMDEN, NJ - Tap water in central New Jersey may have a slight taste and smell of chlorine during the upcoming weeks as New Jersey American Water temporarily changes its water treatment process for maintenance. The company says that this is normal and will only be temporary until the system ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ – Sen. Joe Vitale (D-19th Dist.) is urging New Jerseyans to sign up for a 2023 health insurance plan through the state’s health insurance marketplace, Get Covered New Jersey. With just days left in the Open Enrollment Period, Vitale is urging residents in need of health coverage ...
SAYREVILLE – The public is invited to a “listening session” on Tuesday, Jan. 17 that focuses on new legislation regarding the 9-8-8 suicide prevention line launched earlier this year in New Jersey. The 1 p.m. event at the Middlesex County Fire Academy, 1001 Fire Academy Dr., will allow ...
CRANBURY, NJ - The Cranbury Township Committee recently passed a resolution opposing the gas-fired power plant in Woodbridge, becoming the eleventh township to denounce the controversial plan. The resolution, which passed unanimously, calls on Governor Murphy to reject the plans. “We are ...
SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ - South Brunswick Township will host a free flu vaccine clinic on Thursday, January 12th, from 11:00 A.M to 1:00 P.M. This clinic is in partnership with the Middlesex County Health Department. To register, please click here. The clinic will be at the South Brunswick Municipal ...
NEW JERSEY - The holidays can be magical times for children, but they can provoke stress, which can manifest in different ways than in adults. Schenike Massie-Lambert, program coordinator of the Rutgers Children’s Center for Resilience and Trauma Recovery at University Behavioral Health Care, ...
NEW JERSEY - The holidays are an exciting and busy time of year. Whether you’re traveling, hosting or attending a gathering, or just cozying up at home, the holidays are filled with potential hazards that could ruin your holiday cheer. “The holiday season is in full swing, and we’ve already had ...
SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ - Earlier this week, the South Brunswick School District sent a letter to all parents reminding them to keep any sick children home as COVID-19 and flu cases are on the rise. The letter was sent out to the community on Thursday, December 15th, and signed off by Superintendent ...
SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ - The South Brunswick Township Council unanimously passed a resolution opposing a proposed gas-fired power plant in Woodbridge Township, joining a number of local municipalities that have publicly denounced the plan. South Brunswick is now the tenth township in Middlesex and ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – The latest resource in the ongoing effort to combat cancer is 38 feet long, 12 feet high, weighs 13 tons and comes with two center console cup holders. Officials and staff members from ScreenNJ and the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey on Tuesday cut the ribbon on ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – The first cancer patient Dr. Steven Libutti treated 26 years ago was, by chance, a fellow doctor who eventually lost his fight with a gastrointestinal malignancy after surgery and chemotherapy. “What he taught me was, that even as a physician who had a lot of knowledge and ...
SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ - Residents can safely dispose of any unused or expired prescription drugs at the South Brunswick Police Headquarters on Saturday, October 29th, from 10:00 A.M to 2:00 P.M. Residents may bring any prescribed medications that are either unused, expired, or unwanted. This ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — Face coverings will be optional for Rutgers students and faculty in indoor teaching spaces and libraries starting Oct. 1. The new protocols announced Monday, Sept. 26 by Antonio M. Calcado, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Rutgers, come after the school ...
SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ - Middlesex County Mosquito Extermination Commission will be spraying a part of South Brunswick Township on Monday, September 12th, from 6:30 PM to Midnight. The rain date will be Tuesday, September 13th. The mosquito control products will be applied from the ground by truck ...
SUSSEX COUNTY, NJ – Like a scene from a horror movie, more than 100 black vultures have been found on and near the Sussex Branch Trail in Lafayette causing them to close the trail from Route 94 to Morris Farms Road. According to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protections Fish and ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – The Eric B. Chandler Health Center at 277 George Street has been added as a vaccination site as state officials continue to see a steady increase in monkeypox cases. Department of Health Commissioner Judy Persichilli on Friday, Aug. 12 announced there had been 305 confirmed of ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – Dr. Todd Mastrovitch was almost done with his shift one morning when a child suffering a severe neurological issue, another with a severe respiratory problem and a third with a mental health concern passed through the doors in a five-minute span. Within 30 minutes, Dr.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – Saint Peter’s University Hospital has been recognized for its quality care for patients who have had a stroke - the fifth leading cause of death and a leading cause of adult disability in the U.S. The hospital has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke ...
TRENTON, NJ — New Jersey has announced five new monkeypox vaccination sites in Hudson, Middlesex, Morris and Passaic counties. The locations are for residents without a confirmed exposure who think they may have been exposed or are at a high risk for having been exposed to the virus. There are ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ - The emergency department at The Children’s Hospital at Saint Peter’s University Hospital has been recognized for its care of children by the national Emergency Nurses Association (RNA). Dorothy B. Hersh Pediatric Emergency Department has earned the Lantern Award from the ENA, ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — No one is ever too old to enjoy the thrill of competition or the exhilaration of bringing home gold, silver or bronze medals for their well-earned victories. Scores of senior citizens, age 50 and older, from across the Garden State will prove those sentiments again in September ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – Sabrina Charles is spending her summer doing painstaking research that will one day inform the care a burgeoning New Brunswick nonprofit clinic provides to groups such as expectant mothers of color. “I like doing research, especially because it's basically going to translate ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ - The Center for Vector Biology (CVB), part of the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, recently launched ‘New Jersey Ticks 4 Science!’, a citizen-led science project supported by the state that asks New Jerseyans to submit tick specimens ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – The pediatric emergency department at Saint Peter’s University Hospital has been recognized by a trusted referral source that identifies the nation’s best hospitals based on criteria such as clinical performance and patient satisfaction. The Dorothy B. Hersh Pediatric ...
SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ - This past week, the South Brunswick Township Council voted down a Trap, Neuter, Vaccinate and Manage (TNVM) ordinance in an effort to address the feral cat population. The measure was unanimously disapproved by the council, citing their inability to accommodate demands from ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital’s new Chief Medical Officer has extensive experience in emergency response that including treating patients during a virus epidemic in West Africa and those affected by a Category 5 Atlantic hurricane. Lewis Rubinson, MD, PhD, FCCP, ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – The city’s two major hospitals are abandoning their plans to merge after the Federal Trade Commission moved to block the deal. RWJBarnabas Health and Saint Peter’s Healthcare System, with hospitals less than one mile apart, issued a statement last month, stating the leadership ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ - About 200 to 250 people gathered at New Brunswick City Hall last night to attend a pro-choice rally organized by Planned Parenthood in the wake of yesterday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning the Roe v. Wade decision to legalize abortion. Speakers included Tara ...
TRENTON, NJ – The New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH) announced on Monday the first possible case of monkeypox in the state. A PCR test conducted by the Department’s Public Health and Environmental Laboratories confirmed the presence of orthopoxvirus in a Jersey City individual on June 18. A ...