Here’s what the CDC’s new outdoor mask guidance means for N.J. residents
Posted Apr 29, 2021
Jim Faczak, park naturalist, takes a group of visitors on an earth tour at Cheesequake State Park in Matawan on April 24, 2021.John Jones | For NJ Advance Media
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After federal health officials updated their outdoor mask usage guidelines on Tuesday, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said Wednesday that state mask regulations won’t change.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced people don’t have to wear masks outdoors when they walk, bike or run alone or with members of their household, regardless of vaccination status.
People with multiple sclerosis experience subtle language impairments, study shows news-medical.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from news-medical.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Kessler Foundation
East Hanover, NJ. April 21, 2021. Kessler Foundation researchers showed that people with multiple sclerosis (MS) experience subtle language impairments that standard neuropsychological tests may incorrectly attribute to impaired executive functions. The article, “The role of language ability in verbal fluency of individuals with multiple sclerosis” (doi: 10.1016/j.msard.2021.102846) was published on February 16, 2021, in Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders.
The authors are Nancy D. Chiaravalloti, PhD, director of the Centers for Neuropsychology, Neuroscience, and Traumatic Brain Injury Research at Kessler Foundation, Lauren B. Strober, PhD, senior research scientist at the Center for Neuropsychology and Neuroscience Research, and Amy L. Lebkuecher, MS, of Pennsylvania State University, formerly of Kessler Foundation. Drs. Chiaravalotti and Strober also have research faculty appointments at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School.
President Joe Biden is yet to nominate a commissioner for the Food and Drug Administration. But he is reportedly considering many candidates, including Gayatri Rao, who previously worked at the FDA and is currently vice president and global product head at Rocket Pharmaceuticals, a leading multi-platform gene therapy company.
The Biden administration has expanded its shortlist of candidates to lead the Food and Drug Administration, the Wall Street Journal has reported, citing a person familiar with the process. Rao was named as a potential nominee in the report along with several others.
In the past, Rao served as director of the Office of Orphan Products Development within the U.S. Food and Drug Administration where she was responsible for implementing statutory programs focused on promoting the development of medical products for rare diseases. As director, Rao served as the FDAâs rare disease lead for interactions with Congress, international regulatory counterparts, other
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Shannon Kelly, 25, of Tabernacle, contracted COVID-19 nearly a month after receiving the Johnson & Johnson single-dose vaccine.
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Shannon Kelly tried to catch her breath, but her hacking cough wouldn’t allow it.
”I had every single symptom except for a fever,” she said. “I mean, I have shortness of breath. I’ve been in bed. I’ve been sleeping. My cough is terrible.”
The normally healthy 25-year-old struggled to speak Tuesday from her bedroom at her parents’ home in Tabernacle. After being sick for about a week, Kelly learned on April 10 that she has COVID-19.