He narrowly survived COVID-19. Now he’s running back to both hospitals that treated him.
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Paulo Santos outside Jersey Shore University Medical Center. He is marking his recovery from COVID-19 a year ago by running 20 miles on Saturday between the two hospitals where he was treated. Wednesday, April 7, 2021. Neptune City, N.J. Aristide Economopoulos | NJ Advance Media
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The last time Paulo Santos traveled between two hospitals, critically ill with COVID-19, he was transported by ambulance, his survival very much in doubt.
On Saturday, exactly one year since returning home, Santos will recreate his journey by running about 20 miles from CentraState Medical Center in Freehold to Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune.
Fighting COVID: New Jersey Leads During the Pandemic
April 9, 2021
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On February 26, 2021 the world of healthcare had a big reason to celebrate. As the number of reported COVID cases crept ever closer to 30 million in the United States, New Brunswick, NJ-based Johnson & Johnson officially got emergency approval from the FDA for its single-dose vaccination. It is the third vaccine to become authorized in the U.S., following the two-shot vaccines by Pfizer (that also has a significant footprint in New Jersey) and Moderna.
The news of the J&J vaccine was met with optimism, but it represents only part of the innovation that has occurred in New Jersey during the pandemic. Dozens of companies in New Jersey have made a difference during the past year, a true example of companies coming together at a time of unprecedented need.
April 7, 2021
Prospect writers Kevin Goldstein and Eric Longenhagen will sometimes have enough player notes to compile a scouting post. This is one of those dispatches, a collection of thoughts after another weekend of college baseball, a prospect trade, and minor league co-op action in Arizona. Remember, prospect rankings can be found on The Board.
Kevin’s Notes
Waldy Arias, 3B, Campbell: 3-for-9, 3 BB, K, 2 SB, 2 HBP
If you are here for hardcore draft info, skip to the next paragraph. If you want to have fun for a minute, stick around. Arias is a little junior third baseman at a mid-major program who is slugging .290. Nobody is going to print a magnet with his name on it come July. My question is why does he have so many enemies? With two more hit by pitches over the weekend, Arias has now been hit 16 times in 21 games. That’s nearly once every six plate appearances, which was his exact rate last year, when he got hit 12 times in 15 games. Arias is a pesky slap hitter who c
Hudson County is getting and giving more vaccines than ever — officials are hopeful it will last nj.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nj.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Biz groups suggest debt repayment with Biden $6.4B for COVID recovery April 5, 2021
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Several of the New Jersey’s largest chambers of commerce and business trade groups are floating a major paydown of some of the state’s $44 billion in debt using federal relief funds from the Biden administration, as part of the first step for recovery from the COVID-19 recession.
New Jersey is slated to get roughly $6.4 billion in federal aid under the relief plan that President Joe Biden signed in March. Another $4 billion is going to municipal and county governments, another $2 billion toward New Jersey Transit, and hundreds of millions of dollars for the state’s airports.