Researchers from Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, the state's only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, evaluated the frequency of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, on various environmental surfaces in outpatient and inpatient hematology/oncology settings located within Rutgers Cancer Institute and Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, an RWJBarnabas Health facility.
RARITAN, New Jersey (WABC) A good Samaritan and three police officers are being hailed as heroes after they revived a man who suffered a heart attack in New Jersey on Valentine s Day.
Authorities say Raritan patrol officers responded to the Castillo Seafood Market on East Somerset Street for a 52-year-old Hillsborough man who was unconscious.
Sgt. Everett Holt and officers Christopher Hirsch and Andrew Ragati arrived on scene within a minute of the call to find Raritan resident Megan Milota performing CPR on the victim.
Authorities say Milota was a customer and had been performing CPR since the man collapsed.
Woman’s quick thinking and CPR training helps save man’s life on Valentine’s Day
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Megan Milota had just entered Castillo Fresh Seafood Market in Raritan Borough around 5:30 p.m. on Valentine’s Day when she saw an unconscious man lying on the floor.
A woman working at the restaurant was on the phone with 911, Milota recalled, and when the dispatcher asked her if she knew CPR, the woman replied she did not.
“That’s when I said, ‘I’m actually a CPR instructor,’” Milota told NJ Advance Media. “I took his pulse and started doing compressions.”
Six Hillsborough High School students nominated for Presidential Scholars program
Six Hillsborough High School students nominated for Presidential Scholars program
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Hillsborough High School students Youssef Abdelhalim, Nipun Banerjee, Cindy Dang, Emily Pan, Ryan Pierson and Nihal Saxena have been nominated for the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program.
The scholars are selected on the basis of superior academic and artistic achievements, leadership qualities, strong character, and involvement in community and school activities from nearly 3.6 million students expected to graduate in 2021, according to information provided by the township committee.
Youssef is a member of the National Honor, Art Honor and French Honor societies. He is a QuestBridge National College Match finalist, president and founder of Help All, and volunteers for several organizations including the Yemen Crisis Virtual House Party and the Silver Hawk Home Health Care Center.
Researchers from Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, the state s only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, evaluated the frequency of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, on various environmental surfaces in outpatient and inpatient hematology/oncology settings located within Rutgers Cancer Institute and Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, an RWJBarnabas Health facility. The study revealed extremely low detection of SARS-CoV-2 on environmental surfaces across multiple outpatient and inpatient oncology areas, including an active COVID-19 floor.