by William Jester | Dec 1, 2021 | Community, Covid, News
For millions of Americans with disabilities, COVID-19 was a stress test that exposed gaping shortfalls in the health care system, according to a new report assessing the U.S. pandemic response. People with disabilities “died in large numbers” because of...
by Pamela Dahlen | Nov 30, 2021 | Community, Covid, News
The COVID-19 Health Briefing, hosted by Chancellor Brian Strom, offers important information on COVID-19-related topics ranging from the state of the pandemic to health agency guidance, campus testing news, clinical updates, and other news. Join via Zoom....
by Pamela Dahlen | Nov 29, 2021 | Community, Covid, News
About one in five health care workers has left medicine since the pandemic started. This is their story—and the story of those left behind. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that the health-care sector has lost nearly half a million workers since February...
by Pamela Dahlen | Nov 27, 2021 | Community, Covid, News
The COVID-19 pandemic has overshadowed major health issues that still impact New Jersey, putting things like HIV prevention on the back burner for public attention. But urban parts of the state like Essex and Hudson counties continue to see relatively high rates of...
by Pamela Dahlen | Nov 25, 2021 | Community, Covid, News
School nurses, who were already stretched thin before the pandemic, say that they are overworked and overwhelmed. Even before the pandemic hit, the job of a school nurse extended far beyond tending to playground scrapes. School nurses manage chronic conditions, like...
