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Rutgers Scientist Who Developed First COVID-19 Saliva Test Dies Suddenly, 51 Rutgers Scientist Who Developed First COVID-19 Saliva Test Dies Suddenly, 51
Rutgers Scientist Who Developed First Covid-19 Saliva Test Dies Suddenly, 51 Rutgers University research professor Andrew Brooks, who played an integral role in the development of the first approved COVID-19 saliva test, died suddenly over the weekend. Brooks died on Saturday, Jan. 23. He was 51 years old. Gov. Phil Murphy remembered Brooks, affectionately known as Andy, as an unsung hero of New Jersey. "You may remember that name," Murphy said during Monday's COVID-19 briefing. "Why? Because last year in the frenetic early days of the pandemic, he led development of the... so-called spit or saliva test.  "[It was] the first test to be put into use anywhere i…
Bloomfield High Senior Accepted To 15 Schools, Including Princeton Bloomfield High Senior Accepted To 15 Schools, Including Princeton
Bloomfield High Senior Accepted To 15 Schools, Including Princeton This can be a tense time of year for college-bound high school seniors, who are now learning where they’ve been accepted, where they’ve been wait-listed and which schools simply wished them well in their future endeavors. Emmanuel Odekunle of Bloomfield has a lot to think about too -- such as deciding which of the more than one dozen schools where he’s been accepted he’s going to attend. “As of this moment, I have not yet made a decision as to which university I will be attending,” the senior at Bloomfield High School said in an interview late last week. “God will direct us on the best one…