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POLITICO Get the New Jersey Playbook newsletter Email Sign Up By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or updates from POLITICO and you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service. You can unsubscribe at any time and you can contact us here. This sign-up form is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Presented by Ørsted We’re a day ahead of deadlines for two big events: Gov. Phil Murphy has set a Friday deadline for a deal on the fi...

NorthJersey.com When I joined a clinical trial for a COVID-19 vaccine last summer, I signed up for two years. I agreed to receive two shots, be swabbed several times for coronavirus infection, give samples of blood to be tested for antibodies, and answer frequent questions about my health and exposure to COVID-19.  Some people thought I was brave. A few thought I was crazy.   But once the vaccine proved to be safe and effective, I — and almost everyone else in the st...

NorthJersey.com Uninsured New Jersey residents now have until May 15 to sign up for health coverage through the Affordable Care Act after Gov. Phil Murphy on Thursday extended the deadline from Jan. 31. The "COVID-19 special enrollment period" will begin Monday on New Jerseys state-run insurance marketplace, GetCovered.Nj.Gov, Murphy said. While it is intended to give those who lost insurance during the pandemic an opportunity to buy coverage, theres no requirement to prove the need is relate...

A new Hackensack Meridian Health study shows that people with mild symptoms of COVID-19 may be helped by a controversial drug that had been widely used in the early days of the pandemic before several studies questioned its benefits and safety. The recently published study looked at a group of people treated as outpatients last year and found that those who received an anti-inflammatory drug, hydroxychloroquine, which is often used for malaria, were significantly less likely to end up in the...

Murphy offered praise of Hudson County's COVID-19 vaccination site after paying a visit to the Kearny location this morning as local dignitaries are seeking more doses as supplies become scarce.

Every N.J. COVID vaccine site handles appointments differently. Here’s how to register in every county. Updated Jan 28, 2021; Posted Jan 26, 2021 Dr. Anna Padykula injects Victor Carrico with the COVID-19 vaccine at the Hartung Recreation/Health Center in Kearny on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2020. (Reena Rose Sibayan | The Jersey Journal) Facebook Share Just as there is not one single coronavirus vaccine, there is not one single way that New Jersey residents can make an appointment in order to rece...

Reply (Montana Samuels/Patch) EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ — Gov. Phil Murphy told Good Morning Americas George Stephanopoulos Tuesday that the vaccination stoppage at Bergen Countys Meadowlands mega-site was due to a lack of supply, an ongoing problem for the state. "We need more doses," said Murphy. "The Biden administration knows that, they entered into what is I think an empty cupboard, and theyre frantically, I know, obsessed with building that supply back." Hackensack Meridian Health officials s...

Godiva is closing all its U.S. stores. Farewell, fancy mall chocolate. Updated Jan 27, 2021; Posted Jan 27, 2021 A display of chocolate treats is displayed at Godivas cafe in New York in 2019. The luxury chocolate shop is closing all its brick-and-mortar shops in the United States. (Bebeto Matthews/AP) Facebook Share Many of New Jersey’s malls will soon be without their resident fancy chocolate shops. Luxury chocolatier Godiva announced this week it would be closing or selling all of its 12...

NJ Transit is making over network of local bus routes and needs your ideas Updated Jan 25, 2021; Posted Jan 25, 2021 A new NJ Transit articulated bus on the 39 route serving Newark and Irvington waits at a traffic light on Raymond boulevard last November. The 39 bus is one of 38 routes that could be redesigned as part of NJ Transits NewBus Newark project. Facebook Share NJ Transit launched its redesign of 38 bus routes that radiate from Newark to destinations as far away as Somerville, Hacken...

NorthJersey.com Food pantries and soup kitchens in North Jersey providing hunger relief will be able to get some relief of their own. The New Jersey Pandemic Relief Fund, a nonprofit organization formed last year to fight the medical, social and economic impact of COVID-19 on New Jersey’s most vulnerable communities, is leading a $2.8 million initiative to fund small and medium-sized food pantries and soup kitchens across the state. The initiative will provide for a program to help food pan...