University Hospital in Newark will resume vaccinations Wednesday morning after being snowed out for two days. The hospital has been vaccinating up to 600
Here is a list of the special guests who took part in the town hall:
5 p.m.
Dr. Purvi Parikh - MD
Dr. Parikh specializes in Infectious Disease Allergy and Immunology, and Pediatric Allergy & Immunology. She s the Co-founder of the Parikh Institute of Research, where she s a principal investigator who conducts clinical trials for adult and pediatric patients who suffer from allergies, asthma or immunology problems.
Ugo A. Ezenkwele - MD, MPH, FACEP
Chief of Emergency Medicine at Mount Sinai Queens and Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Vice Chair for Diversity and Inclusion at Icahn Mount Sinai.
Jennifer Jones Austin
Surveillance footage shows New Jersey plainclothes cop in an unmarked police car shoot dead an unarmed black man on New Year s Day - as AG probes the case which has no dashcam or bodycam footage
Carl Dorsey III, 39, died January 1 after being shot by Newark Police Detective Rod Simpkins near Woodlawn Avenue and South 11th Street in Newark
Officers arrived on the scene after hearing gunshots fired in the area
Security camera video released by the New Jersey AG Thursday shows Dorsey running across the street as Simpkins exits the unmarked police car
The two men appear to collide with each other before Simpkins turns and shoots
Tri-State Area Residents Question List Of Underlying Health Conditions Prioritized For COVID Vaccine
CBS New York 1/21/2021 Syndicated Local – CBS New York
HOBOKEN, N.J. (CBSNewYork) An immune-compromised woman from New Jersey is surprised to find she’s not on the list for vaccine eligibility, and now she’s wondering, how are pre-existing conditions prioritized?
Given her energy even when talking about a serious condition, you’d never know how much Hoboken resident Samantha Ferrara has struggled with Type 1 diabetes, a diagnosis she’s been living with since she was 4.
“Your immune system is greatly compromised,” Ferrara told CBS2’s Jessica Layton.
Credit: New Jersey Medical School
Dr .Salma Ali
About 1 in 20 women, or 5% of all moms-to-be, abuse illicit drugs during pregnancy. This can lead to major health problems for mother and child, including neonatal abstinence syndrome, (NAS) which is especially prevalent in New Jersey. Rates for NAS are rising to dangerous levels here as a result of the reported spike in drug use during the COVID-19 pandemic.
NAS occurs when newborn babies experience withdrawal after being exposed to drugs such as opioids in the womb, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. NAS can be extremely painful and life-threatening. Babies with NAS suffer from severe drug withdrawal symptoms that, if not identified and treated in a timely manner, can lead to seizures and even death.