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Measles Exposure Alert: Child With Virus Visited Busy Locations Near PA/NJ Line, Officials Say Measles Exposure Alert: Child With Virus Visited Busy Locations Near PA/NJ Line, Officials Say
Measles Exposure Alert: Child With Virus Visited Busy Locations Near PA/NJ Line, Officials Say A highly contagious case of measles has been confirmed in an unvaccinated child who visited multiple high-traffic locations in Pennsylvania, sparking an urgent public health alert, officials announced on Sunday, March 2. The Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Public Health (OPH) is tracking potential exposures and urging people to check their immunization records after the infected child was in several public places while contagious. The child may have exposed others to measles at the following locations: China Airlines Airport Shuttle Bus (Departing…

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by Jillian Pikora
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COVID-19: Pfizer Nearing Release Of Vaccine For Children Ages 12 -15, FDA Says COVID-19: Pfizer Nearing Release Of Vaccine For Children Ages 12 -15, FDA Says
Covid-19: Pfizer Nearing Release Of Vaccine For Children Ages 12 -15, FDA Says The U.S. Food and Drug Administration could authorize Pfizer-BioNTech's coronavirus vaccine for children ages 12 to 15 as early as next week, the New York Times reported on Monday, citing federal officials.  The timing could not be better for school districts that are resuming in-person instruction and hoping for a full return to normalcy next fall.  Vaccinating children is also a crucial element in achieving heard immunity and decreasing numbers of hospitalizations and deaths, The Times says.  While NJ, NY and CT positive rates have been dropping, other states including Pen…

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by Jon Craig
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COVID-19: Moderna Seeks Full FDA Vaccine Approval COVID-19: Moderna Seeks Full FDA Vaccine Approval
Covid-19: Moderna Seeks Full FDA Vaccine Approval With six months having passed since Moderna began clinical trials for its COVID-19 vaccine, the pharmaceutical company is seeking full approval from the Food and Drug Administration. Moderna, which currently has emergency use authorization from the FDA to distribute its vaccine, reported in its latest trial data that it has proven 90 percent effective in preventing the symptoms of COVID-19, and 95 percent effective in the most severe cases of the virus. Currently, no COVID-19 vaccine is fully approved by the FDA, but three - Moderna, Pfizer, and the currently questionable Johnson & John…

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by Zak Failla
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CDC, FDA Call For Pause On Johnson & Johnson Vaccine CDC, FDA Call For Pause On Johnson & Johnson Vaccine
CDC, FDA Call For Pause On Johnson & Johnson Vaccine The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the US Food and Drug Administration are calling for a pause on the use of Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine due to six cases of "rare and severe" blood clot cases reported. All six cases occurred among women between 18 and 48, and symptoms occurred 6 to 13 days after vaccination, FDA officials said in a joint statement. More than 6.8 million doses of the one-dose vaccine had been administered in the U.S. All Pennsylvania teachers and administrators were given the J&J vaccine. Out of the 200,000 offered the vaccine a…

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by Cecilia Levine
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COVID-19: Millions Of J&J Doses Tossed After Factory Mixup COVID-19: Millions Of J&J Doses Tossed After Factory Mixup
Covid-19: Millions Of J&J Doses Tossed After Factory Mixup Millions of doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine were destroyed following a dosage mix-up at a production lab, prompting a delay in shipments to states. According to reports, employees at Emergent BioSolutions, a production facility in Baltimore that produces the vaccine, mixed up two ingredients, ruining approximately 15 million doses of the vaccine. Johnson & Johnson said in a statement that one batch of the drug substance at Emergent BioSolutions “did not meet quality standards” and was “never advanced to the filling and finishing stages of our manufacturing process.” …

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by Zak Failla
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2 Cases Of New Highly Contagious COVID-19 Variant Detected In North Jersey, Jersey Shore 2 Cases Of New Highly Contagious COVID-19 Variant Detected In North Jersey, Jersey Shore
2 Cases Of New Highly Contagious Covid-19 Variant Detected In North Jersey, Jersey Shore Two cases of the highly-contagious COVID-19 variant initially found in the U.K. have been detected in New Jersey, state officials announced. The first case involves an Ocean County man in his 60s with no travel history or clear exposure to those who were ill, Department of Health Commissioner Judy Persichilli said during Friday's COVID-19 briefing. The man presented symptoms compatible with COVID-19 on Dec. 29, 2020 and was tested with a PCR test on Jan. 6 at a commercial lab, Persichilli said.  The results were suggestive of the variant and were sent to another lab for sequencin…

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by Cecilia Levine
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COVID-19: Did You Already Have Virus, And Not Know It? Here Are The Signs COVID-19: Did You Already Have Virus, And Not Know It? Here Are The Signs
Covid-19: Did You Already Have Virus, And Not Know It? Here Are The Signs Not everyone who has caught COVID-19 knows it. But there are ways to tell if you got the novel virus sometime since the pandemic touched down in the U.S. during winter 2020. In many people, signs of “Long COVID-19" persist, according to a new study, “Long COVID: a cross-sectional study of persisting symptoms” led by Dr. Swapna Mandal, a respiratory physician, and a growing host of research. There’s only one true way to know if you had COVID-19 - get an antibody blood test to check for signs of COVID-19. However, there are a number of more informal ways to tell if you previously caught t…

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by Kristin Palpini
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Murphy: NJ Reserves Right To Another Shutdown, New Restrictions On Gatherings Are Here Murphy: NJ Reserves Right To Another Shutdown, New Restrictions On Gatherings Are Here
Murphy: NJ Reserves Right To Another Shutdown, New Restrictions On Gatherings Are Here The highest number of new COVID-19 cases since the onset of the pandemic were reported over the weekend in New Jersey: 4,450. While there isn't one number that would catapult the state into another shutdown, Gov. Phil Murphy said he's not ruling it out as an option. "Do we reserve the right to shut everything down?" the governor said in a Monday morning interview with WPIX. "Sadly, with these numbers we have to." On Monday afternoon, state officials are expected to announce another change: New limits on private indoor and outdoor gatherings.  Indoor gatherings will be …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Murphy Announces New COVID-19 Restrictions, Says Vaccine Coming Spring 2021 Murphy Announces New COVID-19 Restrictions, Says Vaccine Coming Spring 2021
Murphy Announces New Covid-19 Restrictions, Says Vaccine Coming Spring 2021 Gov. Phil Murphy announced new COVID-19 restrictions in the midst of New Jersey's second wave. Murphy also said he spoke with Dr. Anthony Fauci over the weekend, who was "unequivocal" when he said a vaccine will be ready in April or May. "We're in a sprint for the next six months," Murphy said. The governor remained hopeful a vaccine would be ready for wide distribution in Spring 2021, as long as "all the tires have been checked. "A vaccine doesn't mean we're back to where we were," Murphy said. "But it [will be] a hugely different environment. We've got to use that. "We have a plan rea…

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by Cecilia Levine