This story is being republished under a special NJ News Commons content-sharing agreement related to COVID-19 coverage. Link to story: tapinto.net/towns/new-brunswick/articles/rutgers-develops-rapid-test-to-detect-new-emerging-coronavirus-variants Rutgers researchers have designed a new rapid test that can detect all three of the rapidly spreading variants of the coronavirus in a little over one hour—much shorter than the three to five days […]

It’s not often that Stockton University nursing students can say they helped make history. But 105 nursing students are participating in a piece of pandemic history as participants in the Atlantic County COVID-19 Vaccination Megasite that the State of New Jersey, Atlantic County, AtlantiCare and the New Jersey National Guard are operating at the Atlantic

This story is being republished under a special NJ News Commons content-sharing agreement related to COVID-19 coverage. Link to story: wnyc.org/story/covid-killing-young-latino-men-nj-disproportionate-rates/ Every morning since Elizabeth Rojano-Morales can remember, her father would come into her bedroom on her birthday with her favorite ice cream, chocolate-vanilla. “My last birthday, he gave me a cone,” Elizabeth, 19, said.

Dr. Robin Weinstein, president and founder of The M25 Initiative, has announced that the Board of Trustees has awarded an additional $44,000 in grant funding to assist programs that are feeding the Cumberland County community in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. The M25 Initiative previously awarded over $66,000 in 2020 to assist over 20

Vineland Public Library has announced its reopening on Monday, March 15. There will be limited services and hours in continuing efforts to reduce the risks of spreading COVID-19. Library hours will be Monday through Friday 10–11 a.m. (for seniors and those with health concerns); Monday through Thursday 11 a.m.–2 p.m. and 3–6 p.m.; Friday 11

Gov. Phil Murphy signed Executive Order No. 230, which will increase indoor capacity limits for certain businesses and increase both the general indoor and outdoor gathering limit. “We believe we can confidently take these steps today as our COVID-19 metrics continue to trend in the right direction,” said Murphy. “However, our mask mandate and COVID-19