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Paramus NJ, just in time for Valentine’s day , Godiva has announced it is closing all of its U.S. locations as in-store visits for its luxury chocolate dip during the coronavirus pandemic.
Partnership between the County of Bergen and Bergen New Bridge Medical Center offers drive-thru COVID-19 PCR testing at Bergen Community College
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Paramus NJ, he County of Bergen in collaboration with Bergen New Bridge Medical Center announce February 2021 dates for drive-thru COVID-19 testing at Bergen Community College, 400 Paramus Rd, Paramus, N.J. The program will now offer COVID-19 Nasopharyngeal Diagnostic PCR tests providing results in 24-48 hours tests on the following days below for the month of February:
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Trenton NJ, Senator Kristin Corrado said the success of New York investigators in holding Governor Andrew Cuomo accountable and forcing his administration to be more transparent should serve as motivation for legislators to act in New Jersey.
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NEW BRUNSWICK NJ, Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) (the Company) today announced topline efficacy and safety data from the Phase 3 ENSEMBLE clinical trial, demonstrating that the investigational single-dose COVID-19 vaccine in development at its Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies met all primary and key secondary endpoints. The topline safety and efficacy data are based on 43,783 participants accruing 468 symptomatic cases of COVID-19.
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GAITHERSBURG MD, Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX), a biotechnology company developing next-generation vaccines for serious infectious diseases, today announced that NVX-CoV2373, its protein-based COVID-19 vaccine candidate, met the primary endpoint, with a vaccine efficacy of 89.3%, in its Phase 3 clinical trial conducted in the United Kingdom (UK). The study assessed efficacy during a period with high transmission and with a new UK variant strain of the virus emerging and circulating widely. It was conducted in partnership with the UK Government’s Vaccines Taskforce. Novavax also announced successful results of its Phase 2b study conducted in South Africa.
Continue reading Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine Demonstrates Near 90% Efficacy in UK Phase 3 Trial
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Ridgewood NJ, The Ridgewood Crew team participated in the annual Ironman Erg Classic held 100% virtually and hosted by Don Bosco Prep High School in Ramsey on January 23, 2021. The event attracted 17 clubs. Ridgewood Crew had 44 entries.
Ridgewood performed well, according to Head Coach Boris Roque-Alvarez, “This event was a great opportunity to all RC athletes and will help the team to keep motivated in a difficult season giving the challenges presented by COVID-19. We are proud of the whole team and we are looking forward to race in upcoming events.”
Continue reading Ridgewood Crew Wins 16 Medals at the 2021 Ironman Regatta
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Trenton NJ, for those New Jerseyans who have received the first Covid-19 vaccine dose, there’s another wave of confusion about how to get the second dose within the recommended time frame.
Assembly Republican Leader Jon Bramnick is calling for Legislative hearings to fix the problem.
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By Andi Simon, Ph.D.
Ridgewood NJ, During the COVID-19 crisis, all of our lives have been disrupted. We’re not connecting with family, friends and colleagues like we used to, and it’s easy to feel lonely. To help some of the people I was coaching, I wrote down eight ways to combat this feeling and tested them on our business clients, executives, and even some friends. What they found was they could, indeed, address their own sense of being alone and fill their days with well-being and even happiness.
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Ridgewood NJ, Audrey Meyers, President and CEO of The Valley Hospital and Valley Health System, recently received her first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. Audrey has encouraged all Valley employees and Medical Staff members to receive the vaccine. “This fills me with hope for the future,” she said.
According to the CDC, Messenger RNA vaccines—also called mRNA vaccines—are some of the first COVID-19 vaccines authorized for use in the United States.
Continue reading Understanding What mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines Really Are
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Ridgewood NJ, the Ridgewood school district reported the following Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases from January
18 through January 22, 2021. In order to reduce the number of email communications, the district will issue COVID-19 notification letters on Tuesday and Friday beginning January 26, 2021, unless there is a situation where a school must transition to all remote learning.
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Ridgewood NJ, Senator Declan O’Scanlon (R-Monmouth) today renewed his call for Governor Phil Murphy to remove the 10 p.m. indoor dining curfew.
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Ridgewood NJ, Valley Health System is providing leading-edge therapy to patients at high-risk with mild to moderate COVID-19 infection and within 10 days of symptom onset. The treatment involves a single infusion of monoclonal antibodies, which are laboratory-made proteins that mimic the immune system’s ability to fight off harmful antigens, such as viruses.
Continue reading Valley Hospital Offering Leading-Edge Antibody Therapy for COVID-19
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Ridgewood NJ, Since the COVID-19 vaccine’s arrival at Valley nearly a month ago, thousands of our employees, doctors, and first responders have been vaccinated to ensure they can continue to care for you and others in the community.
