Tag: U.S. Food and Drug Administration
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Opinion: Healthcare professional supports FDA’s proposal to end sale of menthol cigarettes, flavored cigars
After decades of public health campaigns, we all know the toll that smoking takes on our health, but I see the addiction and disease associated with tobacco use in my office every day. As a nurse, I work with people who struggle with addiction to tobacco and are living with the diseases that tobacco causes.…
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Physicians recall emotional first wave of novel coronavirus pandemic
In the initial weeks of the novel coronavirus pandemic, healthcare professionals were scrambling to take care of their patients as best they could. The evolving COVID-19 virus with no known initial treatment left them “physically and emotionally” exhausted. Newspaper Media Group’s The Criterion Sentinel interviewed a group of female physicians, who Amie Thornton, president of…
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Most schools in Woodbridge School District back to in-person learning five days a week
WOODBRIDGE – Most of the schools in the Woodbridge School District are back to in person learning five days a week. “Those schools not back to five days will hopefully be back to five days very, very shortly,” Schools Superintendent Robert Zega said in a video message on April 2. “Our goal is to have…
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Edison school, town officials plea for equal distribution of COVID-19 vaccine
EDISON – School and township officials have plans at the ready to administer the COVID-19 vaccine. “At this point my job is to provide the resources,” said Andy Toth, deputy fire chief and office of emergency management coordinator. “We have refrigerators and freezers for the vaccine. We have plans in place all ready to go…
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Old Bridge Township Council takes stance on COVID-19 vaccinations for students
OLD BRIDGE – Members of the Old Bridge Township Council took a stance opposing state Sen. Joseph Vitale’s (D-19) proposal to mandate COVID-19 vaccines for students once the vaccine is approved for students and once students return to full in-person learning. Vitale, chairman of the Senate’s health committee, began discussion with other lawmakers mandating the…
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Old Bridge school officials looking to bring in outside provider to provide COVID-19 vaccine in district
OLD BRIDGE – School officials are working on securing an outside provider to provide the COVID-19 vaccine for its teachers, faculty and staff when the time comes. Currently, the vaccine is open to healthcare personnel, long-term care residents and staff, first responders and individuals at high risk in category 1A. Teachers are part of category…
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All smiles as ‘most vulnerable population’ begins COVID-19 vaccinations
December 28, 2020, marks a day of celebration as the state’s most vulnerable population – those living and working in long-term care facilities – started to receive the COVID-19 vaccination. “It’s a day when significant scientific accomplishments of two vaccines available in less than a year should be rejoiced, and a start of a new…
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With a smile and thumbs up, five team members at JFK Medical Center receive first doses of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine
EDISON – Hope. That is what Charlene Letsch, a registered nurse working in critical care at Hackensack Meridian Health (HMH) JFK Medical Center, said of hearing about a COVID-19 vaccine. She was one of five team members, who also included Mercedittas Mallari, director of the emergency department; Armando Tamargo, one of the hospital’s emergency medical…
