Health and Wellness

Researchers at Montefiore Health System and Albert Einstein College of Medicine may have solved a mystery surrounding the novel coronavirus pandemic: Why men infected by the virus generally show more severe symptoms and are more …

ANDOVER, NJ – When relatives of patients at the Andover Subacute longterm care facility in Andover, New Jersey, relatives were sent forms in the mail alerting them that their loved …

TOMS RIVER-A spike in the daily volume of COVID-19 positives today reversed a downward trend that started this past holiday weekend has shown that Ocean County is not yet at …

There are a few hot spots in New Jersey where people just can’t seem to follow the rules of social distancing and working as one community to get all of …

TOMS RIVER-It’s nasty. It’s disgusting.  It’s a medical risk, but according to Ocean County Freeholder Joseph Vicari, 45, it’s, unfortunately, a sign of the times.   People still continue to litter …

NBC NEWS-NBC News’ Ron Allen reports from Edison, New Jersey, on a new and less invasive testing method that will allow for broader coronavirus screening. Aired on 4/15/2020.

BERGEN COUNTY, NJ – At a drive-up covid-19 testing site in Paramus, N.J. on April 14, cars were backed up for more than a mile as people waited for their …

MIAMI HERALD –  A judge temporarily stripped Dr. Theresa Greene, of North Miami, of custody of her 4-year-old daughter because the doctor works with COVID-19 patients.

LAKEWOOD, NJ –  A Lakewood toy store owner and manager were charged on Monday after more than 50 people waited outside their store to buy toys.   Yossi Itzkowitz, the …

AUSTIN, TX-In Austin, Texas area, funerals being facilitated by Cook-Walden/Capital Parks Funeral Home & Cemetery will soon have a touch that is reminiscent of 20th century American drive-in movies.  Mourners …

TOMS RIVER-A weekend downturn in COVID-19 cases in Ocean County could have been just that. With Passover and Easter on Saturday and Sunday respectively, there was a drop in reported …

By: Bruce DeCotiis, M.D. New Jersey has seen mild winters in recent years and this season was no different. Mild winters help create an early starting as well as a …

TOMS RIVER – (via Community Medical Center) – Doctors and nurses cheered and clapped as patients who have recovered and being discharged from the hospital. Here’s what the hospital posted. …

REDDIT – A Reddit user has taken the data from the COVID Tracking Project and extracted all of the New Jersey data to give a clear picture of testing, infections …

An Essex County hospital has received more freezer trucks to handle bodies in case the hospital morgue reaches capacity.    Last week, the state of New Jersey ordered 20 freezer …

NEPTUNE, NJ – Adam Witt,  a nurse at New Jersey’s Jersey Shore University Medical Center is claiming he was fired because he was asking too many questions about safety. The …

The U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced the distribution of hoarded personal protective equipment (PPE), including approximately 192,000 N95 respirator masks, …

Howell Township has launched a COVID-19 alert system to help residents stay up to date on township related events related to COVID-19. There are three ways you can sign up …

TRENTON-If you don’t already have a way to cover your face, you better think twice about trekking out to the grocery store, because as of now, in New Jersey, you …

CHINA-A report today in the U.K’s Guardian newspaper claims the Chinese government is finally moving towards banning the consumption of dog meat by humans.  This comes after scenes of disturbing …

The New Jersey Doctor Patient Alliance, a non-profit association of 350 doctors has lent their voices to New Jersey State Senator Joe Pennacchio’s call for the Administration to immediately rescind …

Senator Declan O’Scanlon, Assemblywoman Serena DiMaso, and Assemblyman Gerry Scharfenberger (all R-Monmouth) issued a statement today calling on the Governor to rescind restrictions he placed on the ability of doctors …

A paper published by the New England Journal of Medicine, patients hospitalized for severe Covid-19 who were treated with compassionate-use remdesivir, clinical improvement was observed in 36 of 53 patients …

The coronavirus, which has been keeping Americans indoors for the past few weeks has also been keeping planes out of the sky, cars off the road, factories closed and in …

It seems like a month ago that most of the underground knock-off industry circulated around handbags and watches, but those times are over as far as we know it. Now, …