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54-Year-Old Man Dies From Eating Too Much Licorice 54-Year-Old Man Dies From Eating Too Much Licorice
54-Year-Old Man Dies From Eating Too Much Licorice A 54-year-old man has died due to overconsumption of a candy - black licorice. The man, a Massachusetts resident, ate a bag and a half of the candies every day for two weeks prior to his death, the New York Post is reporting. Licorice contains the sweetener glycyyhizic acid, which can deplete a person’s potassium levels and contribute to heart problems, high blood pressure, edema, and lethargy, doctors said in a New England Journal of Medicine article that came out Wednesday, Sept. 23. When the man died - he collapsed inside a fast food restaurant - doctors said he had extremely low …

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by Kristin Palpini
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Recall Issued For Popular Brand Of Lay's Potato Chips Recall Issued For Popular Brand Of Lay's Potato Chips
Recall Issued For Popular Brand Of Lay's Potato Chips A popular brand of Lay’s potato chips has been recalled. Frito-Lay announced this week that it has issued the voluntary recall of Lay’s Barbecue flavored potato chips that may have also been included in variety packs. The recall is due to undeclared milk allergens. The recall covers one-ounce, 1 ½-ounce, 2 ⅝-ounce potato chips, 7 ¾-ounce, 12 ½-ounce, and 15 ½-ounce bags of chips that co old cause a serious or life-threatening allergic reaction to some if they consume the product contained inside the recalled bags. No other Lay’s products, sizes, flavors, or variety packs have been recalle…

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by Zak Failla
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Walmart, Quest Labs Offer Drive-Thru COVID-19 Tests, Self-Swabs Walmart, Quest Labs Offer Drive-Thru COVID-19 Tests, Self-Swabs
Walmart, Quest Labs Offer Drive-Thru Covid-19 Tests, Self-Swabs Walmart and Quest Diagnostic labs will offer self-administered tests for coronavirus starting next week, Gov. Phil Murphy said Wednesday. By appointment only, residents can drive-up to seven Walmart stores to be tested for COVID-19, and get results in about two days, Murphy said during an afternoon briefing. More details can be found at www.MyQuestCOVIDtest.com.  Tests will be offered at Walmart drive-thru sites in Garfield, North Bergen, Kearny, Flemington, Burlington, Howell and Mount Laurel. Walmart tests will be offered Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday next week, and Monday, Wednesda…

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by Jon Craig
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18K Pharmacists Cleared To Administer COVID-19 Tests, Self-Swabs Coming To Select CVS Stores 18K Pharmacists Cleared To Administer COVID-19 Tests, Self-Swabs Coming To Select CVS Stores
18K Pharmacists Cleared To Administer Covid-19 Tests, Self-Swabs Coming To Select CVS Stores More than 18,000 licensed New Jersey pharmacists have been authorized by state officials to administer FDA-approved coronavirus tests to customers, Gov. Phil Murphy said Monday. The tests can be given without a prescription, Murphy said. Additionally, 50 CVS pharmacy locations across the state will be offering self-swab tests by the end of May. The governor did not say which locations would have self-swab tests. "This is another important step forward as we continue to build testing capacity in our state," Murphy said. A significant ramp up in COVID-19 testing and contact tracing are inte…

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by Cecilia Levine
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CityMD Mistakenly Tells 15,000 NJ, NY Patients They're Immune To COVID-19 After Antibody Test CityMD Mistakenly Tells 15,000 NJ, NY Patients They're Immune To COVID-19 After Antibody Test
CityMD Mistakenly Tells 15,000 NJ, NY Patients They're Immune To Covid-19 After Antibody Test CityMD has changed its messaging after telling 15,000 New York and New Jersey patients who tested positive for coronavirus antibodies that they were immune to the virus. Someone who tests positive for coronavirus antibodies is not necessarily immune, FDA Associate commissioner Peter Pitts told ABC. Healthcare officials remain unsure of the level of immunity for those who have been exposed to the virus. The urgent care clinic released the following statement to ABC News: "All CityMD patients getting the COVID-19 antibody test are given several documents (including printed discharge ins…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Hospital: First Critical NJ Patients To Receive COVID-19 Plasma Make 'Remarkable' Recoveries Hospital: First Critical NJ Patients To Receive COVID-19 Plasma Make 'Remarkable' Recoveries
Hospital: First Critical NJ Patients To Receive Covid-19 Plasma Make 'Remarkable' Recoveries The first two New Jersey residents to receive plasma transfusions for critical cases of COVID-19 -- a 63-year-old teacher and a 61-year-old old opera singer – were released from the hospital after making "remarkable" recoveries, Virtua Voorhees Health System announced. Their recoveries came as studies at several New Jersey hospitals explore whether the transfusions can help save coronavirus patients who are moderately or critically ill. Both Renee Bannister of Blackwood (Gloucester County) and Andy Fei of Mount Laurel (Burlington County) had been on ventilators in the intensive care unit at…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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FDA OKs First At-Home Coronavirus Test FDA OKs First At-Home Coronavirus Test
FDA OKs First At-Home Coronavirus Test The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized the first at-home novel coronavirus (COVID-19) diagnostic test that will allow people to collect their own samples and mail them to a lab to be tested. The FDA issued the emergency use authorization to the Laboratory Corporation of America (Labcorp) to test samples that are self-collected by patients at home using the company’s COVID-10 Test home collection kit. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy cited more testing as a benchmark necessary for the state's reopening. As of Monday evening, there were 88,806 coronavirus cases in NJ, including&…

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by Zak Failla
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'House Arrest': NJ Libertarians Demand 'Freedom Of Movement, Assembly, Testing' Amid COVID-19 'House Arrest': NJ Libertarians Demand 'Freedom Of Movement, Assembly, Testing' Amid COVID-19
'House Arrest': NJ Libertarians Demand 'Freedom Of Movement, Assembly, Testing' Amid Covid-19 New Jersey’s Libertarian Party on Thursday accused the state and federal governments of illegally closing businesses and placing citizens under house arrest, insisting that there should be “freedom of movement, freedom of assembly and free testing,” without restrictions, for the coronavirus. “During this time of necessary ‘social distancing,’ the nanny state known as the United States federal and state governments are expanding their control by ordering its citizens to remain in their homes,” wrote Michael Guadagnino, the NJLP’s vice president of marketing. “Over the past month we have seen…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Critical Ridgewood Patient, 25, Flown To UPenn For COVID-19 Medicine Critical Ridgewood Patient, 25, Flown To UPenn For COVID-19 Medicine
Critical Ridgewood Patient, 25, Flown To UPenn For Covid-19 Medicine UPDATE: A 25-year-old New Jersey coronavirus victim whose mother's quest to get him an experimental drug went viral was airlifted to an intensive care unit at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, she told Daily Voice on Wednesday. Genny Allard of Ridgewood is hoping doctors will treat her son, Jack Allard of Metuchen, with remdesivir, a drug currently in worldwide clinical trials amid claims by patients that it can alleviate severe COVID-19 symptoms. Unfortunately, "Gilead Sciences has halted emergency individual ‘compassionate use’ access" to the drug, "citing overwhelming dema…

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by Jon Craig
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DAY 4: BCC Testing Site Again At Capacity DAY 4: BCC Testing Site Again At Capacity
DAY 4: BCC Testing Site Again At Capacity For the fourth day in a row since opening, the Bergen Community College coronavirus testing site was at capacity hours before closing. Officials at New Jersey's first government-operated testing told people to leave less than 30 minutes after opening at 8 a.m. Monday. This is no different than the last three days where cars were turned away in hours or minutes. The state's second government-run testing site opened Monday morning in Holmdel. Click here to watch News12's chopper footage over the area. There are 2,500 coronavirus tests allocated per week for the site. Nearly half of the test…

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by Cecilia Levine
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FDA Approves Test That Can Detect Coronavirus In 45 Minutes FDA Approves Test That Can Detect Coronavirus In 45 Minutes
FDA Approves Test That Can Detect Coronavirus In 45 Minutes The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first rapid response coronavirus test that drastically decreases wait time for results. Manufactured by California-based company Cepheid, the test can detect the virus in approximately 45 minutes, so patients will no longer have to wait days to get results back from labs. Shipping will reportedly begin next week, although it's unclear which health care facilities will be getting them, or how many. Dr. David Persing, MD, Ph.D., chief medical and technology officer at Cepheid, is calling the new test transformative. "[The test can] he…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Hackensack Meridian's New Coronavirus Test Reduces Wait Time From Days To Hours Hackensack Meridian's New Coronavirus Test Reduces Wait Time From Days To Hours
Hackensack Meridian's New Coronavirus Test Reduces Wait Time From Days To Hours Hackensack Meridian Health has created a test that health officials say could save patients days of waiting for test results and help control the spread of coronavirus. Approved by the state's health department, the rapid response test will create a more effective triage system in hospitals and potentially better control the spread of coronavirus -- specifically reducing wait time from days to just hours, officials said. “We believe our test could make the difference in stemming outbreaks,” said David S. Perlin, Ph.D., the chief scientific officer and senior vice president of the …

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by Jon Craig