This story is being republished under a special NJ News Commons content-sharing agreement related to COVID-19 coverage. Link to story: whyy.org/articles/murphy-to-end-nj-school-mask-mandate/ New Jersey’s statewide school mask mandate will end on March 7, Gov. Phil Murphy announced last Monday, marking the end of a controversial pandemic restriction. “Early March traditionally means the weather starts to warm […]

BradyIFS, a distributor of foodservice disposables and janitorial/sanitation products, has acquired SupplyitAll, a South Jersey Paper Company based in Vineland. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in 1950 as South Jersey Paper Products, the company began operating as SupplyitAll in 2018 and offers one of the most comprehensive product and service programs in

A variety of home-based COVID-19 tests are available. While all involve self-collection of specimens, some test kits require a prescription and others are over-the-counter (OTC), also referred to as self-tests. Some collections/testing are observed by a telehealth provider, some involve self-collection but are sent to a laboratory for processing, and others use self-collection and self-testing

Last week, Gov. Murphy signed Executive Order No. 288, which extends the Public Health Emergency declared on January 11, 2022 by Executive Order No. 280 for 30 days. The Public Health Emergency allows the state to continue vaccine distribution, vaccination or testing requirements in certain settings, the collection of COVID-19 data, implementation of any applicable