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All New Jersey Residents Age 16 And Up Now Eligible For COVID Vaccine CBS New York 1 hr ago Syndicated Local – CBS New York NEWARK, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — As of Monday, everyone 16 and up in the United States is eligible to get the COVID-19 vaccine. The rule has already been in effect for New York and Connecticut, but now it’s also in New Jersey. As CBS2’s John Dias reported, seniors lined up outside the COVID-19 vaccination site at Essex Community College to get their second shot. “I have faith in the vaccine,” one told Dias. Now, younger generations can join in.

Is N.J. finally beating back COVID? All signs are trending up. Updated 8:59 AM; Today 7:30 AM Gov. Phil Murphy and First Lady Tammy Murphy congratulate a casino worker earlier this month after she received a COVID-19 vaccine at the Atlantic City Convention Center.Tim Hawk | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com Facebook Share Finally, New Jersey appears to be turning a corner. Just a few weeks ago, experts declared that the state had entered a third wave, complete with scary models predicting more carnage. But was the third wave an actual wave? Or was it the pandemic’s last stand?

The scenes in New Jersey's intensive care units were unmistakable last spring — a sea of senior citizens, many of them 75 and older, filling beds, ravaged by COVID-19 and gasping for air. New Jersey hospitals never saw levels like that again. But this spring, as hospitalizations began to steadily increase during another wave, emergency departments filled with a new demographic: working-age adults. "The overall COVID population in our hospitals is getting significantly younger," said Dr. Daniel Varga, chief physician executive of Hackensack Meridian, the state's largest hospital netwo...

Only 50 people are known to have contracted COVID-19 more than once — but new strains have medical experts on high alert MarketWatch 2/25/2021 © Getty Images It’s very rare for someone to get infected with the coronavirus causing the disease COVID-19 a second time, but the few confirmed cases of reinfection tell us that immunity to the virus isn’t guaranteed and that vaccination could become a regular part of our medical care going forward. There are about 60 confirmed cases of reinfection globally. That’s far less than 1% of the 112 million coronavirus cases reported around the w...

How N.J. screwed up its plan to make scheduling a COVID vaccine easier Updated Jan 30, 2021; Posted Jan 30, 2021 After receiving the vaccine at the Rowan Medicine COVID-19 Vaccination Center, patients are seated in the spaced-out chairs for 15 minutes to be monitored for any possible reaction Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021. The clinic is at the Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine in Stratford.Lori M. Nichols | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com Facebook Share When state officials launched the statewide COVID-19 vaccine scheduling system Jan. 5, it sounded promising. Register with some basic ...