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NJ Pediatrician Breaks Down Most Common Respiratory Illnesses, How To Stay Protected
You'd hardly know it with the recent streak of summer weather, but we're weeks away from colder days when respiratory viruses will thrive. Daily Voice sat down with Dr. Daniel Rauch, a pediatric physician at Hackensack Meridian Health's Hackensack University Medical Center, to learn about the most common respiratory viruses and how to stay protected. A release from Hackensack Meridian Health says some of the best ways to stay protected are to practice good hand hygiene, disinfect surfaces in your home, avoid contact with people who are sick, rest, and eat a healthy diet to boost your immuni…
Police & Fire
BMW Hits Bicyclist Off Route 3 In Rutherford, Police Say
A bicyclist was hospitalized with a back and arm injury after being struck by a BMW on a Rutherford roadway off of Route 3 Tuesday evening, Oct. 8, police said. the 2015 BMW M23, operated by a 30-year-old North Arlington man, was on the Route 3 west ramp and entering Thomas E. Dunn Memorial Highway when he struck the 58-year-old Lyndhurst bicyclist, who was heading east on the Thomas E. Dunn Memorial Highway around 7 p.m., Rutherford Police Lt. Craig Capoano said. The bicyclist was taken to Hackensack Meridian Health for a back and arm injury. The cause of the crash is still under inv…
Police & Fire
Electrical Fire At
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Doused
An electrical fire at Hackensack Meridian Health's Hackensack University Medical Center broke out Wednesday morning, Oct. 2. An activated fire alarm brought the city's fire department to the scene around 6:40 a.m., firefighters said. "Further investigation found an electrical buss bar shorted out and activated a nearby sprinkler head," the HFD said on Facebook. "The electrical equipment automatically shut down and the sprinkler extinguished any remaining hot spots." Damage was contained to the electrical equipment and a small amount of hospital supplies nearby due to water from the …
Police & Fire
Girl, 9, Burned By Instant Noodles Airlifted To Hospital, Garfield Police Say
A 9-year-old girl was airlifted to an Essex County hospital after being burned by a hot cup of instant noodles in Bergen County on Monday, Sept. 30. Garfield officers and Hackensack University Medical Center EMS and paramedics were called to a home on Outwater Lane at approximately 3:25 p.m. Monday, Sept. 30, where the girl had suffered burns on her stomach, arm, and groin, Capt. Mario Pozo said. The girl and her mother were flown by Hackensack Meridian Health's AirMed 1 from 20th Century Field on Elizabeth Street in Garfield to Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, Poz…
Sports
Tufts Lacrosse Players Hospitalized After Navy SEAL Workout: NJ Docs Explain What Did It
A dozen of Tufts University's 50 lacrosse players were sidelined earlier this month with a muscle-destroying illness following a grueling workout led by a Navy SEAL, school officials said. As of press time three of the reigning NCAA Division III National Championship players remained in the hospital recovering from rhabdomyolysis, or, as it's more simply known, "rhabdo," Tufts officials said. Nine players required hospitalization, and experts say it should not have gotten to this. Update: The Boston Globe reported Wednesday, Sept. 25, that all of the players have now be…
Police & Fire
Firefighter Attacked By Bees At Car Wash Among 2 Epi-Pen Saves By Norwood EMS Hours Apart
A woman experiencing an allergic reaction at ShopRite and a firefighter who'd been attacked by bees were both saved by Norwood EMTs armed with Epi-Pens just hours apart over the weekend. According to Norwood EMS Chief Christopher Barron, the first call came in just before 12:45 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 15. EMTs were dispatched to the Northvale ShopRite store, where a 47-year-old woman was experiencing an allergic reaction with difficulty breathing. Responders in the first EMS unit found the woman near the bakery, being cared for by Northvale police officers. "Upon immediately…
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What Happens When You Stop Taking Ozempic? Bergen County Docs Explain
So, you've been on Ozempic or Wegovy for some time. You're seeing the desired results, and you're ready to come off. Will you regain the weight? Will prior risk factors return? If so, how quickly? According to Dr. Hans Schmidt, the director of the Center for Weight Loss and Metabolic Health for Hackensack Meridian Health, coming off Ozempic is much like coming off a crash diet. "Once you take away whatever medication is working so well, most people will gain the weight back," Schmidt said. "Often more than they’ve lost." Ozempic is a GLP1, a naturally occurring molecule relea…
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Three Bergen County Hospitals Named Among Best In World By 'Newsweek'
Some of the best hospitals in the world are right in the Garden State. Newsweek, partnering with Statsia, released its annual list of the World's Best Hospitals, with six hospitals in New Jersey making the cut. Morristown Medical Center was ranked 47th, while Hackensack University Medical Center was right behind at 58th. Valley Hospital in Ridgewood (soon Paramus) and Overlook Medical Center in Summit were ranked 137th and 174th, respectively. Englewood Hospital and Medical Center and Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch were ranked 329th and 411th, respectively. Dr. …
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$200 Million Healthcare Center Breaks Ground At NJ Transit Station
A new $200 million health and wellness center is hours away from breaking ground at none other than a NJ Transit station. The Hackensack Meridian Health facility will break ground Friday, March 8 at the New Jersey Transit Metropark Station in Iselin. The first of its kind, the center is expected to be completed by 2025. Gov. Phil Murphy is expected to join hospital, transportation and other elected officials as well as developers at an 11 a.m. ceremony, according to a hospital press statement. It's billed as the first accessible health and wellness center at a major transit hub nation…
Business
New Starbucks With Drive-Thru Opens In Bergen County
A brand-new Starbucks has opened in Bergen County. The coffee chain's new location is located on River Street at the Print House, a mixed-use development complete with eateries and medical offices at the former site of the Bergen Record. The 3,000-square-foot Starbucks includes an outdoor patio and drive-thru. The leasing agreement was announced by NAI Hanson, who represents the River Street development, last March. Blue Foundry Bank and Hackensack Meridian Health also inked lease deals. "Welcoming its first residents last year, the first 271 residential units of phase one at Print H…
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New Year, Old Rules: These NJ Hospitals Are Bringing Back Mask Requirements
As COVID-19, RSV, and the flu continue to spread after the holidays, some healthcare systems are bringing back mask requirements. Inspira Health Network said as of Thursday, Jan. 4, it will mandate masks in its facilities "due to an increase in respiratory virus positivity rates throughout the area." Inspira Health has hospitals, urgent care clinics, and other medical facilities across South Jersey. 🚨Effective Thursday, January 4, Inspira Health is implementing mandatory masking in our facilities due to an increase in respiratory virus positivity rates throughout the area.🚨 Posted by In…
Police & Fire
Hospital ERs in Bergen, Montclair Closed By Nationwide Ransomware Attack
The latest in a continuing series of nationwide ransomware attacks closed two hospital emergency rooms in New Jersey. Authorities haven't disclosed what's been demanded by the cybercriminals who forced ambulances to divert to other hospitals from Pascack Valey Medical Center in Westwood and Mountainside Medical Center in Montclair beginning on Thanksgiving evening. Lab work, radiology, scheduling, billing -- basically anything involving computer software -- apparently were affected. "No one can use the computers in the buildings," a source said. "The hospitals are doing everything by paper…
Lifestyle
Belmar Runner Has One Regret After Bumping Into Danny DeVito
Danny DeVito was possibly the last person in the world Jessica Barberia expected to bump into on her daily run. But lo and behold, as she trotted down Main Street in Belmar, Barberia spotted the "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" star walking out of Jersey Mikes on Monday morning, July 10. "In my head I thought, 'Oh my God that’s Danny DeVito!!" Barberia tells Daily Voice. "'No it can’t be!'" As she got closer, she knew her eyes were not deceiving her. Turns out, DeVito — an Asbury Park native and the new face of Jersey Mikes — was in the area after donating $500,000 to the Jersey Shore …
Police & Fire
Shooting In Emerson:
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Detective Pronounced Dead
A New York City police detective apparently took his own life Saturday night at the home of an Emerson woman he was dating, multiple sources said. Emergency responders were called to the ordinarily quiet neighborhood off Main Street near Centennial Park around 8 p.m. July 1. They found the early-30-something victim in cardiac arrest with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He'd apparently been drinking, responders said, adding that there was no threat to anyone in the area. An ALS unit from Hackensack Meridian Health pronounced him dead at the scene. There were no immediate indications wheth…
Police & Fire
Vehicles Collide At Busy Hackensack Intersection
An SUV and a wagon collided at a busy Hackensack intersection on Friday. No serious injuries were immediately reported in the June 30 late-morning crash involving a Honda CRV and a Volvo wagon at Central Avenue and Union Street. City police and firefighters responded along with an EMS rig from Hackensack Meridian Health. Hackensack Auto Body towed both the Honda, which got the worst of the collision, and the wagon. Hackensack Auto Body towed the vehicles.Paul D. Nickels for DAILY VOICE Firefighters cleaned up a minor fuel spill. City police are investigating. Paul D. Nickels took th…
Obituaries
'Force To Be Reckoned With:' Amber Takesh Of Morris County Dies After Brave Cancer Battle, 24
Beloved North Jersey native and “force to be reckoned with” Amber Stefanie Takesh died following an incredibly brave battle with Acute Myeloid Leukemia on Thursday, Oct. 6. She was 24. A native of Montville, Amber graduated from Montville High School in 2016, her obituary says. She went on to attend James Madison University, where she earned a Bachelor’s in 2019 and a Master’s in accounting in 2020. She was also a member of the Sigma Kappa sorority. Amber passed all four portions of the CPA exam on her first attempt while earning high scores. After finishing college, she worked as an accoun…
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Scathing Report Says Nurses At This NJ Hospital Wouldn't Feel Safe Being Treated There
A scathing report released by the largest union representing healthcare workers in New Jersey reveals how nurses feel working at one Jersey Shore hospital — and it's largely not great. It all came to a head for Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center nurses during the pandemic, when they found themselves fighting their employer for protection all while working on the front lines under already stressful conditions, the Health Professionals and Allied Employees (HPAE) report says. "Working conditions at Jersey Shore University Medical Center during the pandemic led to many …
Business
These Retailers Just Inked Deals At Bergen Town Center Amid Renovations
Kohl's is among one of the new tenants coming to Paramus' Bergen Town Center, currently undergoing renovations. The department store will be relocating from its current location across the street, and occupying a prime position facing Route 4, Urban Edge Properties announced. Hackensack Meridian Health, the largest health provider in New Jersey, will establish a significant presence at the property with an 80,000-square-foot new state-of-the-art medical office facility. Chick’n Cone and Ani Ramen will join the mall's dining line-up while V/O Med Spa brings a high-quality beauty servic…
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Jersey Shore Doc Admits Sexual Contact With Drug-Abusing Patient, Cuts Deal With State
A Monmouth County physician is having his license suspended for three years for "inappropriate sexual contact" with a substance-abusing patient for whom he also prescribed addictive drugs, state authorities said. Francis Rienzo, 60, of Sea Girt, is currently "winding down" his private practice as part of an agreement with the state through which he will avoid more serious consequences, they said. Rienzo, who also is the medical director for several treatment centers across New Jersey -- and a staff physician at Jersey Shore Addiction Services and Hackensack Meridian Health in Neptune -- "ad…
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NJ Residents Appointed To Prestigious White House Fellowship Program
Four passionate and highly skilled Garden State professionals have been appointed to the prestigious President’s Commission on White House Fellows fellowship program. The President’s Commission on White House Fellows 2021-2022 class selections were made public Monday and include “the most diverse” candidates in the program’s history, according to a White House press release. Launched by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964, the program gives class members the one-in-a-lifetime opportunity to spend a year working as a full-time fellow for White House staff, Cabinet Secretaries and o…
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Glitch Allows General New Jersey Population To Register For Vaccine
The only New Jersey residents eligible for the vaccine are residents in the 1a and 1b brackets: Health care workers, first responders and other frontline workers. But a glitch in the system at Hackensack Meridian Health is wrongly allowing the general public to register for the vaccine, ABC7 reports. The glitch presents itself as a link in the MyChart system -- a patient portal within the hospital system -- allowing first responders to jump the line for vaccinations. The glitch also allows patients to create appointments to family members. Hackensack Meridian spokesman Ben Goldstein said …
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Covid-
19: North Jersey Hospital Reports Outbreak Among Nearly 40 Staffers
Between 30 and 40 Palisades Medical Center staff members North Bergen have tested positive for COVID-19, according to a recent news report. The majority of the cases at the North Bergen hospital are nurses from two units, including one where patients require "significant attention," NorthJersey.com reports citing the president of the Health Professionals & Allied Employees union, Debbie White. According to a spokesperson for Hackensack Meridian Health, the hospital's parent company, less than 1.5 percent of the entire system's workforce were out sick. The cases have not impacted p…
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Heroes
: Park Ridge Firefighters' T-Shirt Campaign Benefits
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Cancer Research Center
Park Ridge firefighters proudly presented a $3,000 check to the John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center toward the research and treatment of breast cancer. The firefighters raised the money the past few months through the sale of t-shirts designed by Firefighter Kyle Ladewig. "Knowing how difficult a breast cancer diagnosis can be for family and having witnessed some of our member's families be impacted by the disease, it seemed like a great opportunity for us to pitch in and do our part to help find a cure," said Firefighter Joseph Derienzo, who headed the sale…
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2 New Jersey Health Facilities Cited For Failing To Protect Employees During
Covid-
19 Pandemic
A pair of New Jersey hospitals were issued citations by the U.S. Labor Department for failing to protect workers from COVID-19. CarePlus Bergen Inc., and Hackensack Meridian Health Residential Care Inc., were each slapped with citations from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). CarePlus is accused of violating respiratory standards at Bergen New Bridge Medical Center in Paramus, while Hackensack Meridian failed to provide respirators to resident-care employees at its North Bergen facility, OSHA announced Friday. A New Brid…
Police & Fire
Fire At Closter Waste Management Company Sends Employee To Hospital
A pre-dawn fire at a waste management facility in Closter sent an employee to the hospital for observation, responders said. The fire broke out in the Interstate Waste Services transfer station garbage bays on Railroad Avenue shortly after 4 a.m. Thursday, Detective Lt. Vincent Aiello said. Two employees tried to extinguish the blaze with a fire hose before firefighters took over, he said. One of the employees was brought to Hackensack Meridian Health's Pascack Valley Medical Center in Westwood with smoke inhalation, Aiello said. Demarest firefighters joined their Closter colleagues at t…
Neighbors
Covid-
19 Concerns Block Kidney Transplant For Popular Bergen Baker, Now His Life’s At Stake
Franklin Lakes baker Tom Minardi was all set to get the kidney he needs to stay alive when a suspension of elective surgeries in New Jersey in response to the coronavirus pandemic postponed the procedure. Then came word that the donor backed out. A man who has spent his life doing for others now needs a hero of his own. “He was scheduled to have his transplant this spring,” Minardi’s children wrote in a post, “but due to COVID-19, it was put on hold.” “When his hospital began to schedule transplants again, we unexpectedly and sadly got the call that his donor backed out,” they wrote. “He …
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Hospital: First Critical NJ Patients To Receive
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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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Report: North Bergen Baby 2 Weeks Old Tests Positive For
Covid-
19
A North Bergen baby nearly two weeks old tested positive for coronavirus, according to a report citing anonymous sources. The baby boy at Palisades Medical Center had a cough and fever when he was tested last week, the Hudson County View reports. The test results came back positive over the weekend, the report says. As of Monday, there were 16,636 confirmed coronavirus cases in New Jersey including more than 1,300 in Hudson County, the NJ Health Department reports. A spokesperson Hackensack Meridian Health network did not return the outlet's request for comment. The baby's parents,…
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NJ's Largest Health Care System Treating 1,400 Coronavirus Patients Desperate For PPE, Staff
Hackensack Meridian Health is in dire need of PPE and staff -- and things are going to get worse, CEO Robert Garrett said in an interview with FOX News. With more than 400 frontline caregivers out on quarantine, HMH is "starting at a deficit," Garrett said in preparing for the surge of COVID-19 cases in three to six weeks. There were more than 11,100 known coronavirus cases in New Jersey including 140 deaths as of Saturday. The system as of Saturday was caring for more than 1,400 coronavirus patients -- a third of them in the ICU and 300 on ventilators, Garrett said. HMH is hop…
Police & Fire
Jersey Shore Responders Rescue Trapped Construction Worker
Rescuers freed a worker who fell 15 feet at a Lakewood construction site Friday morning, authorities said. Rescuers who responded to the 8 a.m. call at the site off Attaya Road used a Stokes basket to secure and left the worker out, Lakewood Fire Chief Mike D'Elia Jr. said. A chopper flew the worker to Jersey Shore Medical Center for treatment of what Lakewood EMS Chief Crystal Van de Zilver said was a possible broken leg and other injuries that weren't considered life-threatening. Lakewood firefighters, Hatzolah EMS and Lakewood Township EMS responded. Hackensack Meridian Health's AirMed…
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Elective Surgeries Postponed At All NJ Hackensack Meridian Hospitals Amid
Covid-
19 Outbreak
Hackensack Meridian Health on Sunday postponed all elective surgical procedures for two weeks, starting this Tuesday, following a request from the U.S. surgeon general. “This temporary measure will allow our hospitals to enact preparedness plans we have been developing for weeks to create capacity and continue to deliver high quality care during the anticipated surge in COVID-19 cases,” HMH said in a statement. Hackensack Meridian Health -- which has more than a dozen hospitals in six counties -- began prohibiting visitors, with certain exceptions, at its hospitals and nursing and rehab fac…
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