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Meet NJ's First Babies Of 2025, Including The First, Born At Stroke Of Midnight Meet NJ's First Babies Of 2025, Including The First, Born At Stroke Of Midnight
Meet NJ's First Babies Of 2025, Including The First, Born At Stroke Of Midnight As fireworks lit up the sky to ring in the new year, Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center had its own reason to celebrate—a tiny, precious one. The first baby of 2025, Cataleya Lopez, made her grand entrance at the stroke of midnight, kicking off the new year with joy and hope. Born to proud parents Julissa and Manfer Lopez of Neptune City, Cataleya weighed 6 pounds and 12 ounces. She is the fourth child in the Lopez family to be welcomed into the world at Jersey Shore University Medical Center. Cataleya wasn’t the only bundle of joy to arrive on New Year’s Day in the…

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by Cecilia Levine
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NJ Pediatrician Breaks Down Most Common Respiratory Illnesses, How To Stay Protected NJ Pediatrician Breaks Down Most Common Respiratory Illnesses, How To Stay Protected
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…

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by Cecilia Levine
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BMW Hits Bicyclist Off Route 3 In Rutherford, Police Say BMW Hits Bicyclist Off Route 3 In Rutherford, Police Say
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…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Tufts Lacrosse Players Hospitalized After Navy SEAL Workout: NJ Docs Explain What Did It Tufts Lacrosse Players Hospitalized After Navy SEAL Workout: NJ Docs Explain What Did It
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…

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by Cecilia Levine & Josh Lanier