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Critical Ridgewood Patient Can't Get COVID-19 Medicine, Mom Says Critical Ridgewood Patient Can't Get COVID-19 Medicine, Mom Says
Critical Ridgewood Patient Can't Get Covid-19 Medicine, Mom Says UPDATE: A teacher from Ridgewood says she's living a nightmare: Her 25-year-old son is in critical condition at JFK Hospital in Edison, tested positive for COVID-19, but waits for an experimental life-saving drug. Jack Allard of Metuchen first became ill on March 13. His symptoms quickly worsened and he was hospitalized three days later, said his mother, Genny Allard. He tested positive for coronavirus over the weekend and remains in critical condition on a ventilator, she said Monday. Original COVID-19 tests were misplaced by the lab, so the 2012 Ridgewood High School graduate had to…

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by Jon Craig
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Transgender Elmwood Park Model Shares Her Story To Destigmatize HIV Transgender Elmwood Park Model Shares Her Story To Destigmatize HIV
Transgender Elmwood Park Model Shares Her Story To Destigmatize HIV A transgender model from Fair Lawn is speaking up on behalf of those who may not feel comfortable talking about their identities and sexual health. Elmwood Park native Carmen Carrera, currently of Fair Lawn, is joining actor and singer Julian Walker and comedian Daniel Franzese in sharing their perspectives on healthier sex in a new sex-positive campaign by biopharmaceutical company Gilead: Healthysexual. Since launching in 2017, the Healthysexual campaign has helped generate meaningful conversations among individuals at risk for HIV and their healthcare providers about healthy sexual behav…

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by Cecilia Levine