vaccines

State health officials see positive signs, even though hospitalizations keep creeping higher

The Ocean County Health Department will be providing Covid-19 vaccines for those with moderately to severely compromised immune systems at all of the OCHD vaccine clinic locations.

More than 141,000 state residents got first COVID vaccines between July 20 and Aug. 2, according to CDC data.

Governor says the state is "looking at a whole number of options" for vaccine mandates and indicates any change in school mask guidance could wait a month.

The highly transmissible Delta variant of COVID-19 has officially become the dominant strain in state, and confirmed cases have risen.

CDC data shows that as of July 4, just over 4.7 million New Jersey adults had been fully vaccinated. However, that's still doesn't reach 70%.

The baits attract animals, who eat the vaccine-laden contents and are then protected against rabies for three years, the same length of time as a domestic canine shot.

Monmouth County is providing new sites and times for you to head on down and get vaccinated and by the beach this weekend.

For all the focus on getting seniors vaccinated to secure nursing homes, homebound seniors have gotten less attention and been slower to inoculate.

The oft-mentioned goal of fully vaccinating 4.7 million New Jersey adults is based on the 2010 Census. The population has grown almost 500,000 since then.

Motor Vehicle Commission was beginning a program to vaccinate agency staff, but that's on hold as the safety of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine is reviewed.

The Ocean County Health Department and local government officials are trying to process the news that the State, who provided them with 3,400 doses of the Moderna vaccine recently, informed OC officials on Friday that they are taking back 400 of those doses.