by William Jester | Jun 12, 2021 | Community, Covid, News
Seventy-three percent of New Jerseyans say they have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, and while another 10 percent say they will likely roll up their sleeve for it, 16 percent remain unwilling, according to the latest Rutgers-Eagleton Poll. The large...
by William Jester | Jun 10, 2021 | Community, Covid, News
The dean of Rutgers School of Public Health discusses what the near future of the pandemic looks like. Throughout the country, states are opening up and lifting COVID-19 restrictions that have been in place for more than a year at a time when only about a third of...
by William Jester | Jun 8, 2021 | Community, Covid, News
For eight months, Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration has focused on what seemed at times like an insurmountable achievement: vaccinating 4.7 million residents — or 70% of eligible adults — against the coronavirus. As that goal nears, with more than 4 million residents...
by William Jester | Jun 7, 2021 | News
Please read Drs. Horton and Gaur’s article in Lupus titled, “Acute respiratory distress syndrome and COVID-19 in a child with systemic lupus erythematosus.” We report a 5-year-old child with a diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) who...
by William Jester | Jun 7, 2021 | Community, Covid, News
New Jersey is mostly lifting its indoor mask mandate on Friday, a triumphant milestone in the 15-month battle against the coronavirus pandemic, but not everyone is celebrating. That includes some parents of young children not yet eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine and...