Covid-19 Coronavirus
How much risk does the COVID vaccine pose to NJ student-athletes?
A CDC advisement about myocarditis and pericarditis appears to be at the heart of a "more precautionary" approach to student-athlete sports physicals being taken by a practice in Lake Hopatcong.
Life expectancy plummets in New Jersey
Most New Jersey residents will not live to see their 80th birthday.
NJ facing 41 lawsuits from veterans home workers over COVID decisions
The suits say decisions made by the state eventually resulted in the deaths of almost 200 residents and two employees.
COVID vaccine rates are ‘stagnant’ in NJ nursing homes, group says
Nursing homes proved particularly vulnerable at the onset of the virus in New Jersey.
NJ unemployment rate down in July, COVID job losses 99% recovered
However, the preliminary figure of 3.7% is still two-tenths of a percentage point above the current national rate.
Mask and Vax rules to remain at Rutgers University
Rutgers students will be required to wear a mask for all indoor classes when the new semester begins
After pressure, NJ to end COVID-19 mandate for schools, state workers
The mandates will end immediately for schools and child care facilities while the state worker testing mandate ends Sept. 1, according to a report.
Murphy urged by both sides of NJ aisle to stop school COVID tests
Democratic Sen. Vin Gopal is joining Republican Sen. Kristin Corrado in calling for an end to testing unvaccinated teachers and school employees.
Post-COVID, NJ bosses getting more in tune with how workers work
And from the workers' perspective, opening up to supervisors about certain concerns may now be easier following transitions to remote and hybrid work.
Learning remotely, but NJ college students still required to get COVID booster
Rutgers University does not require students taking a full online program to receive the COVID-19 vaccination but students learning remotely do have to take the shot including boosters.
Midsummer masks? CDC rates 6 NJ counties high for community COVID
Morris, Monmouth, Burlington, Camden, Atlantic, and Cape May counties all rate as high, with the other 15 counties in the Garden State at the medium level.
These NJ towns have at least 71% of the population boosted against COVID
From tiny Tavistock to towns with tens of thousands of residents like Westfield and West Windsor, 11 New Jersey municipalities currently boast a more than 70% boosted population.