by William Jester | Nov 5, 2021 | Community, Covid, News
We’re going into another cold and flu season during the COVID-19 pandemic, creating a trifecta of viral illnesses no one wants to deal with. Not to mention, there’s a lot of confusion over cold versus COVID symptoms. Pre-pandemic, it was easy to brush off...
by William Jester | Nov 3, 2021 | Community, Covid, News
Now, two Princeton researchers have discovered an approach that they found successfully motivated people to make appointments for vaccinations and to consistently follow measures such as social distancing and mask wearing. “We think we’re onto something unique that...
by William Jester | Nov 3, 2021 | Community, Covid, News
The federal government edged closer to emergency use approval of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5-11 following a vote on Tuesday by the Food and Drug Administration to recommend the shot for this age group in advance of a Centers for Disease Control and...
by William Jester | Nov 2, 2021 | Community, Covid, News
Gen. Colin Powell’s fatal, breakthrough COVID infection shouldn’t spark questions about whether the vaccines work, health officials say. Quite the opposite. In fact, the death of the first Black U.S. Secretary of State should serve as a somber reminder that it’s...
by William Jester | Nov 1, 2021 | Community, Covid, News
The COVID-19 pandemic has inflicted incalculable harm on New Jersey’s public school students. But these harms do not have to continue. We now have the tools to keep students in school, where they desperately need to be. And yet, school closures and quarantines...
