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NorthJersey.com When Bergen County Sheriff Anthony Cureton’s house was vandalized with anti-ICE graffiti, Cureton joined the growing list of New Jersey pols whose homes are becoming protest sites. This all comes as demonstrators nationwide increasingly use the tactic to pressure an array of public officials, from Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson to Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot to Idaho board of health members. “It’s happening all over,” said John Davenport, a philosophy profe...

The Moderna vaccine could get FDA approval in days, and shipments to NJ could begin next week.

Dec. 14, 2020 Santa Clara Co. officials shorten quarantine length from 14 days to 10 days Santa Clara County released new COVID-19 quarantine guidance on Monday, which shortens the length of quarantine from 14 to 10 days. The new guidance applies to both close contacts of COVID-19 cases and those subject to the countys mandatory travel quarantine. "We constantly want to take into account all the best science we have," said Dr. Sarah Rudman, assistant health officer and director of case investig...

Dec. 14, 2020 Santa Clara Co. officials shorten quarantine length from 14 days to 10 days Santa Clara County released new COVID-19 quarantine guidance on Monday, which shortens the length of quarantine from 14 to 10 days. The new guidance applies to both close contacts of COVID-19 cases and those subject to the countys mandatory travel quarantine. "We constantly want to take into account all the best science we have," said Dr. Sarah Rudman, assistant health officer and director of case investig...

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 Uber Driver Stories Good Tuesday morning! We’re probably two days away from the Legislature voting to legalize marijuana. B...

Here are N.J.’s safest hospitals. See how yours fared in new national report. Updated Dec 15, 2020; Posted Dec 15, 2020 St. Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, N.J. is the only hospital in the state to receive straight-As in the Leapfrog safety report card since the surveys began in 2012. Facebook Share New Jersey hospitals rank 17th best in the nation for safety, a drop from eighth place a year ago and a potentially troubling sign as the pandemic continues to make unrelenting demands on ...

By M.E. CAGNASSOLA Credits: TAPinto Illustration December 15, 2020 at 12:41 AM Newark Beth Israel Medical Center and Childrens Hospital of New Jersey and Saint Michaels Medical Center both received an A for the fall 2020 patient safety report card from the Leapfrog Group. Both Newark-based hospitals received As for the fifth consecutive period. University Hospital, which had received a D in the last report, was not graded by the independent national watchdog organization. Leapfrog said Universi...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: The Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) recent winning streak in its ongoing challenges of hospital and physician mergers has, at least for now, ended in a Philadelphia U.S. district court. After six days of evidentiary hearings, in a 62-page opinion, Judge Gerald Pappert denied[1] the FTC’s and Pennsylvania Attorney General’s request to preliminarily enjoin a proposed merger between Thomas Jefferson University (“TJU”) an...

2020/12/14 21:00 Boxes containing the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are prepared to be shipped at the Pfizer Global Supply Kalamazoo manufacturing plant in Portage,... Boxes containing the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are prepared to be shipped at the Pfizer Global Supply Kalamazoo manufacturing plant in Portage, Mich., Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, Pool) Dry ice is poured into a box containing the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccin...

N.J. electors back Biden as he prepares to get the 270 Electoral College votes needed to become president Updated Dec 14, 2020; As the 59th Electoral College met at the Statehouse in Trenton, New Jersey Chief Justice Stuart Rabner swore in the electors. “We are privileged as New Jersey electors to select the overwhelming choice of the voters in our great state,” Murphy said. The electors backed Biden and then Vice President-elect Kamala Harris in separate voice votes, and then filled out p...