Covid-19 Coronavirus
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.
Bayonne, NJ pharmacist suspended over phony COVID vaxx card sale
Christina Bekhit was ordered to discontinue her business or sell AllCare Pharmacy in Bayonne by Aug. 29.
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.
NJ arts education survived COVID, with dance and theater thriving
Arts Ed NJ found that in looking only at schools that offered dance, there is now a 30% participation rate, and of only the schools that offer theater, student participation was at 18%.
Rutgers University scientists create a breakthrough COVID test
The new test, which used molecular beacon technology, pinpoints what kind of variant someone is infected with, so they can get the best treatment quickly and easily