by William Jester | Jun 6, 2021 | Community, News
Volunteer firefighters — who comprise more than 65 percent of the U.S. fire service — have higher levels of “forever chemicals,” per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), in their bodies than the general public, according to a Rutgers study. The study, which was...
by William Jester | Jun 5, 2021 | Community, Covid, News
Nearly two dozen businesses in New Brunswick have earned the High Road Seal of Approval after completing a workplace health and safety program that included a two-hour virtual training, for which employees were compensated, that addressed health and safety protocols,...
by William Jester | Jun 4, 2021 | Community, Covid, News
New York will lift many capacity restrictions on businesses starting Wednesday, in response to the easing of the coronavirus pandemic in the region and rising vaccination rates. It is a moment state officials have billed as a major return to normalcy. Most businesses...
by William Jester | Jun 3, 2021 | Community, Covid, News
Researchers at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School are reporting the first instance of COVID-19 triggering a rare recurrence of potentially serious blood clots in people’s arms. The discovery, published in the journal Viruses, improves the understanding of how...
by William Jester | Jun 2, 2021 | Community, Covid, News
We are compounding an important public health policy mistake. As the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, states and elected leaders declare an end to pandemic restrictions, paving the way back to “normal,” there’s a presumption that...
