by Pamela Dahlen | Jun 2, 2022 | Community, Covid, News
For the first time, the U.S. came close to providing health care for all during the coronavirus pandemic — but for just one condition, COVID-19. Now, things are reverting to the way they were as federal money for COVID care of the uninsured dries up, creating a...
by William Jester | Jun 2, 2022 | Community, Covid, News
On the cusp of last summer, as COVID vaccination rates were on the upswing and transmission rates were dropping, New Jersey officials talked excitedly about a return to normalcy, with offices filling with employees again and masks no longer required in schools. Then...
by William Jester | May 28, 2022 | Community, Covid, News
Her path into nursing was almost preordained. For Curstine Guevarra, it’s been a calling since childhood. “My parents are nurses. My aunts. My uncles. Their spouses. And everyone else basically related to us are nurses — even my cousins,” the 22-year-old Westwood...
by William Jester | May 27, 2022 | Community, Covid, News
Hazmat suit-clad workers spraying clouds of disinfectant over city streets, building fronts, park benches and even parcels have become a common sight in pandemic-era China. In Shanghai, the epicenter of the country’s largest outbreak, state media report that thousands...
by William Jester | May 26, 2022 | Community, Covid, News
It might not look like much — a plastic box that fits in the hand, with tiny tubes jutting out the top and bottom. Too simple to be cutting edge. Too humble to save so many lives. But for 20 years, researchers in Robert Prud’homme’s lab have fine-tuned this little box...
