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Hackensack NJ, Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco and the Board of Commissioners have announced that the County has partnered with EZ RIDE to provide seniors age 60 and over with rides for COVID-19 vaccinations.
Continue reading BERGEN COUNTY AND EZ RIDE PARTNER TO GIVE SENIORS RIDES FOR COVID-19 VACCINATIONS
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Ridgewood NJ, new guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggest it is safe for fully vaccinated people to gather indoors with each other without masks. “If you and a friend, or you and a family member are both vaccinated, you can have dinner together” without wearing masks or without distancing, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky told reporters on Monday.
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Continue reading Mayor of Twp. Of Washington Tests Positive for COVID
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Ridgewood NJ, Scientific American (SciAm) published a blistering analysis from two Boston University MD/PhDs:
Continue reading Scientific American Says “Follow the Science” and Open the Schools
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Ridgewood NJ, a petition is making the rounds on social media to offer in-person instruction option for all Ridgewood public schools :
We, the families and students of Ridgewood Public Schools, are requesting the Board of Education and Superintendent, Dr. Gorman, take immediate steps to implement full-day daily in-person learning in all schools by April 12, 2021 and enable the families and students of our district to have meaningful input into the district’s Covid 19 mitigation plans and procedures in our schools.
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Ridgewood NJ, Can employers require workers to get vaccinated against the coronavirus? At least one lawsuit has already been filed against such a workplace requirement, and Americans aren’t sure employers should be able to make COVID-19 vaccination mandatory.
Continue reading Majority of Americans Wary of Making COVID-19 Vaccine Mandatory
In a pilot project at Kean University, researchers are looking for new strains of the coronavirus in Union County using genomic sequencing to detect virus mutations. Photo Credit: Kean University
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Union NJ, Kean University’s COVID-19 diagnostic lab is searching for new strains of the coronavirus in Union County as part of a pilot project that uses genomic sequencing to detect virus mutations.
Continue reading Kean University Researchers Track COVID-19 Strains
Continue reading N.Y. Governor Andrew Cuomo To Be Stripped Of Pandemic Emergency Powers
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Trenton NJ, NJ Governor Phil Murphy said sexual harassment accusations against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo are “concerning” and supports an independent investigation by the neighboring state’s attorney general.
Continue reading Governors Cuomo and Murphy, “Birds of a Feather”
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New Brunswick NJ, according to Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security industry competitors Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and Merck & Co. announced that they will work together to manufacture the J&J-Janssen SARS-CoV-2 vaccine. Currently, there are only approximately 4 million doses available for distribution. J&J was supposed to produce 12 million doses by the end of February, but it fell behind schedule.
NJSIAA announces individual wrestling tournament plans for COVID-shortened season
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Ridgewood NJ, In a memo to member schools, the NJSIAA has shared plans for a streamlined, state individual wrestling tournament for both girls and boys. Because the 2021 wrestling season has been so impacted by COVID, there will be no district-level competition – instead, the tournament will begin at the regional level, on April 3 for girls and on April 17 and 18 for boys. No team tournament will be held this season.
Continue reading Wrestling Returns for COVID-shortened season
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Ridgewood NJ, Governor Murphy today announced the expansion of eligibility for more frontline essential workers and high-risk groups in New Jersey’s COVID-19 vaccination program. Eligible groups include educators and staff in pre-k through 12th grade settings, childcare workers, and transportation workers, among others.
Continue reading New Jersey Expands Eligibility for New Jersey’s COVID-19 Vaccination Program
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Washington DC, the White House Chief Medical Advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Sunday he would take the newly approved Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine and urged Americans to take whichever shot is available when they are eligible.
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Washington DC, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the third vaccine for the prevention of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The EUA allows the Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine to be distributed in the U.S for use in individuals 18 years of age and older.
