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NJ Mom Of 4 Dies Without Ever Holding Newborn Baby NJ Mom Of 4 Dies Without Ever Holding Newborn Baby
NJ Mom Of 4 Dies Without Ever Holding Newborn Baby A New Jersey mom died of COVID-19 earlier this month without ever being able to hold. her newborn baby, the New York Post reports. Michelle Stani, 37, of Bridgewater, gave birth to Jayden, her fourth child, in late December. On Jan. 12, she died at a New Brunswick hospital, the outlet says citing her aunt, Tina Stani. Stani graduated from Franklin High School and later went on to earn degrees from  Raritan Valley Community College and Caldwell University. She earned her master's in education from Rutgers and valued education, her obituary says. She worked as the director of a day…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
Saturday Is School Day For One Of NJ's Largest Districts Saturday Is School Day For One Of NJ's Largest Districts
Saturday Is School Day For One Of NJ's Largest Districts School on a Saturday? Students in New Jersey’s third-largest district will attend remote classes this weekend to make up for a previously canceled instructional day. The nearly 25,000 students in the Paterson Public School district have virtual classes from 8:20 a.m. to 1 p.m. to make up for Oct. 26, when classes were canceled due to Gov. Phil Murphy’s declared state of emergency, district spokesperson Paul Brubaker said. While students were initially scheduled to attend classes in person on Saturday, the district made the decision last week to postpone the return to in-person classes until…

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by Valerie Musson
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500 Saliva Samples From Maryland COVID-19 Testing Site Expire 500 Saliva Samples From Maryland COVID-19 Testing Site Expire
500 Saliva Samples From Maryland Covid-19 Testing Site Expire Retesting was needed for nearly 500 people whose saliva samples taken at a Maryland testing site had expired, local health officials said. The 471 PCR tests taken on Jan. 10 at Ripken Stadium were sent to a backup lab in Texas after the Harford County Health Department's primary lab had a COVID-19 outbreak, officials told multiple news outlets. By the time the tests arrived at the backup lab, they had expired, the outlet said. Rapid tests were not impacted. Anyone who was tested at the Ripken Stadium testing site on Jan. 10 is urged to get retested.

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by Cecilia Levine
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Ex-PBA Prez Accuses William Paterson University Of Reverse Discrimination During COVID Ex-PBA Prez Accuses William Paterson University Of Reverse Discrimination During COVID
Ex-pba Prez Accuses William Paterson University Of Reverse Discrimination During COVID A former president of William Paterson University’s PBA says he was deliberately passed over for promotions in favor of less-qualified candidates amid the COVID-19 pandemic. University officials were trying to get back at him for suggesting they eliminate two administrative positions instead of pursuing a plan to lay off officers as a way of saving money during the pandemic, Craig Simko said. Minority candidates who scored lower on a Civil Service test when a job opened three months later got promoted to sergeant over him, Simko, 50, of Hawthorne, claims in a lawsuit filed in Superior Court…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Bogus COVID-19 Vaccine Card Found In Holiday Gift Bogus COVID-19 Vaccine Card Found In Holiday Gift
Bogus Covid-19 Vaccine Card Found In Holiday Gift Someone went without a Christmas gift this year after U.S. Customs and Border Control officers in Philadelphia discovered a fake COVID vaccine card hidden in a holiday greeting card. Officers at the Port of Philadelphia were conducting routine international parcel inspections, when they encountered an "obviously counterfeit COVID-19 vaccination card," on Jan. 8, officials said in a Jan. 14 release. The fake COVID vaccine card.U.S. Customs and Border Control Inspectors noted the card's poor print quality, unclear logos of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. …

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by Nicole Acosta
News
NJ Soap Opera Actor Fired For Breaking COVID-19 Protocol: Report NJ Soap Opera Actor Fired For Breaking COVID-19 Protocol: Report
NJ Soap Opera Actor Fired For Breaking Covid-19 Protocol: Report Actor and New Jersey native Richard Burgi has been fired from "The Young and the Restless" for violating the CBS show's COVID-19 protocol, Variety reports. The 63-year-old Montclair native announced the news in an Instagram live post on Jan. 11, saying he "naively and inadvertently violated the show’s COVID-19 policy," the outlet says. Burgi apparently tested positive for COVID-19 over Christmas, waited five days, and produced two negative test results before returning to the production set. The breach occurred because the show's guidelines state that anyone who tests positive mus…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Here's What New Public Health Emergency Means For NJ Residents Here's What New Public Health Emergency Means For NJ Residents
Here's What New Public Health Emergency Means For NJ Residents New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on Tuesday reinstated a public health emergency amid the Omicron surge. Murphy began his announcement by explaining what the health emergency does not mean: Going backward.  "This step does not mean any new restrictions," he said. "It simply allows [the] state government to continue to respond to the ongoing threat that COVID-19 poses to our daily lives." As of Tuesday, New Jersey was registering approximately 35,000 new COVID-19 cases a day. In the last two weeks, more than 10,000 residents were hospitalized due to COVID-19. The governor hopes that the re…

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by Cecilia Levine
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COVID-19: Researcher Discovers 'Deltacron' Strain Combining Parts Of Both Variants COVID-19: Researcher Discovers 'Deltacron' Strain Combining Parts Of Both Variants
Covid-19: Researcher Discovers 'Deltacron' Strain Combining Parts Of Both Variants A COVID-19 strain that combines both the Omicron and Delta variants has been discovered by a researcher, according to a brand-new report. The strain has been labeled “Deltacron” by the researcher, Leondios Kostrikis, a biological sciences professor at the University of Cyprus because of its omicron-like genetic signatures within the delta genomes, Bloomberg reported on Saturday, Jan. 8. Kostrikis told Sigma TV that "we will see in the future if this strain is more pathological or more contagious or if it will prevail” over Delta and Omicron. To date, 25 cases of Deltacron have been identif…

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by Joe Lombardi
Business
Another NJ Walmart Closes Due To COVID-19 Another NJ Walmart Closes Due To COVID-19
Another NJ Walmart Closes Due To Covid-19 Another New Jersey Walmart will be temporarily closed due to COVID-19. The Phillipsburg location announced on Saturday that it would be closed until Monday at 6 a.m. for deep cleaning and sanitization. Several other New Jersey Walmart stores closed due to COVID-19, as well. Three of those stores closed earlier this week and will reopen Sunday. They are: Hamilton on Nottingham Way  North Bergen on Tonnele Avenue  Teterboro on Route 46 The Walmart Supercenter in Linden was briefly closed after several employees tested positive for COVID-19. It has since reopened.

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by Cecilia Levine
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COVID-19: Middlesex County Adds More Coronavirus Testing Sites COVID-19: Middlesex County Adds More Coronavirus Testing Sites
Covid-19: Middlesex County Adds More Coronavirus Testing Sites With a steady rise in coronavirus cases locally and statewide, Middlesex County has decided to add additional testing sites, officials said on Friday. Starting Monday, Jan. 10, the county will add three new testing sites at the following locations: Monroe Township Recreation Center, East Brunswick Community Arts Center and Epic Church in Sayreville. Additional mobile sites will be added in the coming weeks. “With coronavirus cases on the rise and people returning home from holiday gatherings, the demand for COVID-19 testing is increasing," said Board of County Commissioners Director Ronald…

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by Jon Craig
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X-Ray Tech Who Listened Helplessly As Dog Died On Flight Blames Southwest Airline X-Ray Tech Who Listened Helplessly As Dog Died On Flight Blames Southwest Airline
X-Ray Tech Who Listened Helplessly As Dog Died On Flight Blames Southwest Airline A dog used to help comfort COVID-19 patients died suddenly while onboard Southwest Airlines, according to the Pennsylvania dog owner's attorney. The x-ray technician only identified as Courtney claims her 3-year-old French bulldog died during a Southwest Airlines flight on Dec. 21, her attorney Evan Oshan said in an email to Daily Voice. Courtney was en route to Pennsylvania from Pensacola, Florida and changed to flight 552 in Nashville, Tennessee. Sometime during that flight, her dog Charlie began having breathing problems while in his dog carrier, according to the statement. 3-year-…

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by Jillian Pikora
Obituaries
Triple-Vaxxed NJ Dad, Rutgers Grad Dies Of COVID-19 Complications Triple-Vaxxed NJ Dad, Rutgers Grad Dies Of COVID-19 Complications
Triple-Vaxxed NJ Dad, Rutgers Grad Dies Of Covid-19 Complications Timothy Helck took all the precautions he could to protect himself and others from contracting COVID-19 since the onset of the pandemic.  He got his first vaccine shot, then the second, and finally the booster. Unfortunately, none of them stopped the Plainsboro, New Jersey dad of six from contracting the virus. He got it just before Christmas and developed COVID-19-related sepsis, according to a GoFundMe page launched by his daughter, Miranda Helck. Then, he suffered a heart attack and died on Dec. 29 -- hours after being admitted to the hospital. He was 64 years old. "For nearly two ye…

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by Nicole Acosta