by Pamela Dahlen | Oct 13, 2021 | Community, News
Researchers have been studying how much care American adults will require as they age, and for how long. For years, researchers have tried to calculate what proportion of the aging population will need such extensive care. A 2019 study found that over their lifetimes,...
by Pamela Dahlen | Oct 12, 2021 | Community, Covid, News
A new study estimates that more than 140,000 children in the U.S. have lost a parent or a grandparent caregiver to COVID-19. The majority of these children come from racial and ethnic minority groups. Losing a parent or caregiver in childhood is a significant trauma....
by William Jester | Oct 12, 2021 | Community, Covid, News
They’re a fall staple in most communities across the United States: flu shot clinics. But this year many will offer something extra — Covid-19 shots. As the Delta variant spreads and uncertainty lingers around what the flu season could bring, joint vaccine...
by Pamela Dahlen | Oct 11, 2021 | Community, Covid, News
School nurses — about 2,500 of them statewide — have long played a big role in New Jersey’s public schools, even in the healthiest of times. But with COVID-19 omnipresent, nurses are now tasked with serving as what one called the “de facto health department,” tracking...
by Pamela Dahlen | Oct 10, 2021 | Community, Covid, News
Until the delta variant laid siege this summer, nearly all children seemed to be spared from the worst ravages of COVID-19, for reasons scientists didn’t totally understand. Read the Full Article.
