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West Nile Virus Case In Bergen County, 2 Deaths In NJ Reported
New Jersey health officials are reporting an additional six cases of West Nile Virus including two deaths, and two presumptive viremic blood donor (PVD) cases in the state.
The six new WNV cases are residents of Bergen, Camden, Cumberland, Hudson, Mercer, and Middlesex counties (one 50+, two 60+, one 70+, two 80+). The two individuals who died were older adults from Cumberland and Mercer counties, the DOH said.
Two human cases of WNV were reported earlier this year in Middlesex and Union counties.
Seven out of the eight cases were hospitalized with neuroinvasive disease, includi…
Whooping Cough Cases Just Tripled In NJ, Health Department Says
The New Jersey Health Department has issued an advisory due to an increase in whooping cough cases across both the United States and New Jersey.
Pertussis, or whooping cough, is a highly contagious respiratory disease caused by bacteria that live in the mouth, nose, and throat of an infected person, the NJDOH said.
Preliminary data show case numbers have tripled as of early August in the U.S., compared to the same time in 2023, which is higher than what was seen at the same time in 2019, prior to the pandemic. New Jersey is experiencing a similar increase in pertussis cases, the …
COVID Vaccinations By Appointment Begin For Paid, Volunteer Health Care Workers In Bergen
COVID-19 vaccines will be distributed by appointment only beginning this Monday, Dec. 28, to paid and volunteer Bergen County Category 1A health care workers, County Executive Jim Tedesco announced Saturday.
Doctors, nurses, pharmacists, dentists and all other Category 1A health care workers from Bergen County can get doses at the county's Alternative Care Facility, a field hospital wing constructed by the Army Corps of Engineers with help from FEMA earlier this year on the campus of Bergen New Bridge Medical Center, Tedesco said.
The 1,000 doses of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine "will ser…
Morris County Assisted Living Staffer, 61, Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Female Resident, 82
A 61-year-old senior assisted living facility staffer is accused of sexually assaulting an 82-year-old female resident, said authorities who charged him.
Anthony Ligon, of Morristown, "committed a sexual assault and act of sexual contact" on an 82-year-old woman who lives at the Arbor Terrace Senior Living Facility in Morris Plains July 3, Morris County Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp said in a joint release.
Ligon, who works as a maintenance technician at the facility, was charged with sexual assault and criminal sexual contact, and was being held at the Morris County Jail
The facility i…
Feds: 192,000 Respirator Masks, More Seized From Black Market Dealer Sent To NJ, NY Front Lines
A total of 192,000 N95 respirator masks and other personal protective equipment seized from a black market dealer busted by the FBI is being sent to the front lines of the fight against the coronavirus in New Jersey and New York, federal authorities announced Thursday.
The distributed equipment also includes 130,000 surgical masks, procedure masks, N100 masks, surgical gowns, disinfectant towels, particulate filters, bottles of hand sanitizer, and bottles of spray disinfectant, they said.
The equipment was seized from Baruch Feldheim, 43, who federal authorities said had enough black market…
