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NJ's 2nd Presumed Coronavirus Patient Released From Englewood Hospital And Medical Center
New Jersey's second presumed coronavirus patient works in the same office as a Manhattan lawyer from Westchester who was the second New York State resident hospitalized with the virus, a source with knowledge of the cases said. The 30-year-old Englewood lawyer was examined at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center for "minor symptoms" and released, state officials said Thursday. She was asked to temporarily self-quarantine until the New Jersey Department of Health determines that she has passed the infectious stage, they said. The woman works in the same midtown law firm as a 50-year-old N…
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Fort Lee Man, 32, At
Humc
Is NJ's First Presumed Coronavirus Patient
New Jersey's first presumed coronavirus patient is being hospitalized at Hackensack University Medical Center, authorities confirmed. The 32-year-old Fort Lee man has been hospitalized since Tuesday following what state officials said is a "presumptive positive result" of the coronavirus, or COVID-19. The case was first confirmed to staffers in an email from Daniel W. Varga, chief physician executive of Hackensack Meridian Health, which operates HUMC (below). The email confirming the coronavirus case at HUMC.Hackensack Meridian Health The positive test result came from one conducted i…
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Bergen County Man Is NJ's First Presumed Case Of Coronavirus
New Jersey's first presumed coronavirus patient is being hospitalized at Hackensack University Medical Center, authorities confirmed. The 32-year-old Fort Lee man has been hospitalized since Tuesday following what state officials said is a "presumptive positive result" of the coronavirus, or COVID-19. The case was first confirmed to staffers in an email from Daniel W. Varga, chief physician executive of Hackensack Meridian Health, which operates HUMC (below). The email confirming the coronavirus case at HUMC.Hackensack Meridian Health The positive test result came from one conducted in…
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State Health Dept: Temple Attendees From NJ Should Self-Quarantine Due To Coronavirus
State health authorities on Wednesday asked any New Jerseyans who attended religious events at a Westchester synagogue to self-quarantine until this Sunday. The request is directed out of an abundance of caution to anyone who attended Temple Young Israel in New Rochelle on Feb. 22-23, state Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli said. It's based on a public health assessment and guidance issued Tuesday by the Westchester County Health Department in connection with a case of COVID-19 in a person who attended the temple, she said. “While the risk to any given individual is likely to be low, …
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Warren County Marijuana Dispensary Sets Spring Opening
Marijuana dispensary chain "The Apothecarium" has set a spring opening for its newest location in Phillipsburg. A marijuana growing operation in Morris County for global cannabinoid company TerrAscend, which owns The Apothecarium, was recently approved by the New Jersey Department of Health. TerrAscend will provide marijuana for the Warren County treatment center. The Phillipsburg facility will open at 55 S. Main Street, the former Phillipsburg Trust Co. building, reports say. Click here for more from NJ.com.
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State's First Death From Vaping-Related Illness Reported In North Jersey
New Jersey's first death associated with a vaping-related illness has been reported by the state's health department. The woman's death was reported to the health department in August and is under investigation by Department of Health Acting Commissioner Judith Persichilli. There are 12 confirmed cases of serious vaping-related lung disease in New Jersey, and two probable cases -- including this death. Thirty-two reports of severe lung illness among people ages 15 and 51 are under investigation as well. Most of those cases are male. There are currently 800 confirmed and probable case…
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9 Hospitalized In NJ With Breathing Problems After Vaping
Nine people who had been vaping in New Jersey -- mostly North Jersey -- were recently hospitalized with breathing problems that required ventilators, health officials said. The patients ranged between 17 and 35 years old. While no cancer, disease of infection was identified, all had a history of vaping, the state Communicable Disease Service said. Patients experienced shortness of breath, a cough and fatigue, which worsened over a period of several days or weeks before hospital admission, the state health department said. Other symptoms included fever, anorexia, chest pain, …
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NJ Health Dep't: Measles Exposure At Newark Airport
Newark Airport travelers may have been exposed to measles at the end of May, state health officials said. A traveler with the highly-contagious disease arrived at Terminal B from Tokyo, Japan on May 29 at 5 p.m., the state's health department said. The traveler later left for Quebec, Canada from Terminal A. Anyone in the airport between May 29 at 5 p.m., and May 30 at 3:30 p.m. may have been exposed to measles and, if infected, could develop symptoms as late as June 20. New Jersey residents identified as potentially exposed on the ill individual’s flights will be notified by their local he…
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Measles Case Confirmed In Bergen County
A New Jersey resident diagnosed with a case of the measles may have exposed people in Bergen County to the infection, the state health officials said. The man had been in contact with a community outside of New Jersey experiencing an ongoing outbreak of measles and may have exposed Bergen County residents to the disease between Feb. 17 and Feb. 25, the state's health department said. Anyone who visited Hillsdale's AFC Urgent Care on Broadway between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m., or Walgreens Pharmacy on Washington Avenue in Hillsdale between 3 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. may have been exposed to the disea…
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Bergen, Passaic's 'Dr. Marijuana' Has License Suspended For Thousands Of Indiscriminate Scripts
A physician who had offices in East Rutherford and Clifton had his license in the state’s medical marijuana program temporarily suspended for “creating a multimillion-dollar enterprise by indiscriminately authorizing marijuana use for thousands of patients he met in hotel conference centers” across New Jersey, authorities said Thursday. Dr. Anthony Anzalone, 66 -- who has been a registered participant in the MMP since 2012 – “must wind down his medical practice within the next 30 days and cease practicing medicine altogether on February 8, under the terms of an Interim Consent Order he enter…
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Update
: 6 Children Dead In 'Severe' Virus Outbreak At North Jersey Pediatric Facility
UPDATE: Six children died as the result of a severe adenovirus outbreak at a North Jersey pediatric facility. The adenovirus mimics cold and flu-like symptoms and infected 18 youth with compromised immune systems at the Wanaque Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation in Haskell, the health department said Tuesday. The 227-bed facility has been instructed not to admit any new patients until the outbreak ends and they are in full compliance. The facility notified the state's health department of respiratory illnesses Oct. 9. An inspection team on Sunday found minor hand-washing deficiencies, …
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West Nile Virus Kills Popular Lodi Little League Coach, 62
A popular longtime Little League baseball coach from Lodi died of the West Nile virus over the weekend -- the first in New Jersey this year. Fred J. Maikisch, 62, was diagnosed a little over a week earlier, loved ones said. He remained on a respirator in intensive care, but the virus “caused such severe damage” to his vital organsthat there was “no hope for recovery,” his sister-in-law said. He died Saturday. Maikisch, an IKEA salesman who was married with two children, was a member of the Lodi Old Timers Association and a Lodi Little League coach for more than 20 years. He also was such…
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