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Gov. Murphy Picks Menendez Replacement: Report Gov. Murphy Picks Menendez Replacement: Report
Gov. Murphy Picks Menendez Replacement: Report George Helmy is expected to be named New Jersey's next senator, replacing Sen. Bob Menendez, D-NJ, Politico reported. Gov. Phil Murphy will be appointing his former chief of staff, a Jersey City native, to serve as a temporary replacement for Menendez, who resigned after being convicted of numerous felonies in a federal corruption trial.  Helmy previously served as Murphy's chief of staff and was also a former aide to New Jersey Senator Cory Booker. After leaving the governor's office in 2023, Helmy joined RWJBarnabas Health as an executive, according to his Linkedin. Menendez's resig…

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by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
Morris County Blaze Sends 2 Burn Victims To Hospital, One In Medical Helicopter: Authorities Morris County Blaze Sends 2 Burn Victims To Hospital, One In Medical Helicopter: Authorities
Morris County Blaze Sends 2 Burn Victims To Hospital, One In Medical Helicopter: Authorities A Morris County fire that was doused before emergency crews arrived left two victims with serious burns, requiring both of them to be rushed to the hospital — one of them via medical helicopter, authorities said. The Mount Tabor Volunteer Fire Department responded with several local crews to 52 Averill Drive in Morris Plains just after 10:30 a.m. Tuesday for a reported kitchen fire. While no flames were visible, crews found two victims, the first with “extensive burns,” the department said. The first victim was flown to RWJBarnabas Health for treatment with a landing zone set up at Morris…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
No Vaccine, No Job: 118 NJ Hospital Network Employees Fired No Vaccine, No Job: 118 NJ Hospital Network Employees Fired
No Vaccine, No Job: 118 NJ Hospital Network Employees Fired More than 100 employees of New Jersey's largest health care system were fired for refusing to comply with its COVID vaccination policy, officials said. RWJBarnabas Health gave employees a deadline of Oct. 15 to receive the shots, and 118 of them apparently did not, news reports say. “Regrettably, and despite all best efforts, 118 staff members have not complied with the mandate and are no longer employees of RWJBarnabas Health, per our vaccine mandate policy,” a spokeswoman told NJ Advance Media in a statement. Of those employees, 62 were per diem who worked occasional shifts throughout th…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
COVID-19: 6 RWJBarnabas Health Workers Lose Jobs Due To Unvaccinated Status, Reports Say COVID-19: 6 RWJBarnabas Health Workers Lose Jobs Due To Unvaccinated Status, Reports Say
Covid-19: 6 Rwjbarnabas Health Workers Lose Jobs Due To Unvaccinated Status, Reports Say Half a dozen workers at RWJBarnabas Health, one of the Garden State’s largest healthcare systems, have lost their jobs due to their unvaccinated status, several news outlets report. RWJBarnabas Health, which employs upwards of 35,000 people and has 9,000 doctor affiliations, ended the employment of six workers — all supervisor levels or above — after they did not follow the company’s requirement to get vaccinated by June 30, according to a report by NJ.com. “Regrettably, six staff at the supervisor level and above have not complied with the mandate and are no longer employees,” the company …

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by Valerie Musson
News
Hospital: First Critical NJ Patients To Receive COVID-19 Plasma Make 'Remarkable' Recoveries Hospital: First Critical NJ Patients To Receive COVID-19 Plasma Make 'Remarkable' Recoveries
Hospital: First Critical NJ Patients To Receive Covid-19 Plasma Make 'Remarkable' Recoveries The first two New Jersey residents to receive plasma transfusions for critical cases of COVID-19 -- a 63-year-old teacher and a 61-year-old old opera singer – were released from the hospital after making "remarkable" recoveries, Virtua Voorhees Health System announced. Their recoveries came as studies at several New Jersey hospitals explore whether the transfusions can help save coronavirus patients who are moderately or critically ill. Both Renee Bannister of Blackwood (Gloucester County) and Andy Fei of Mount Laurel (Burlington County) had been on ventilators in the intensive care unit at…

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by Jerry DeMarco