RWJBH’s Ostrowsky called for state shutdown in March before others. He has different view...
It was the middle of March — a time when New Jersey could still identify each new case of something people were still calling the coronavirus (not the more accurate COIVD-19). A time when...
BioCentriq opens at NJII: ‘This is a complete game-changer for N.J.’
New Jersey Institute of Technology President Joel Bloom said BioCentriq is the type of company the school had in mind when it created the New Jersey Innovation Institute in 2015 as a platform for...
Latina Equal Pay Day brings another injustice to light
Moments after she sent out a tweet recognizing Latina Equal Pay Day, Claribel Cortes sent a text to an old boss. It was to a woman who made her day when she called Cortes...
Why voting by mail will impact down-ballot races more than anything else
Dan Bowen is an associate professor and chair of the department of political science at The College of New Jersey. He also is a registered voter. And, this year, he voted differently than he...
Garrett: ‘I think the hospital of the future is going to be different’
Bob Garrett makes it clear: He doesn’t foresee a scenario — no matter how big the second wave of COVID-19 gets — where some hospitals in the Hackensack Meridian Health system would be used...
Even COVID crisis couldn’t stop Kinsey, age 80, from going to work at Saint...
Her family, friends and coworkers for generations at Saint Peter’s University Hospital gently tried to tell Julia Kinsey that she should take some time off — a temporary leave of absence, they said.
They warned...
In times of crisis, heroes are everywhere
The hospital CEO described the COVID-19 pandemic — and the surge that hit New Jersey’s hospitals in the spring — in a way few others had done before.
“We’ve been preaching health care as a...
At HMH, these 3 concerns move to forefront as second COVID wave moves in
Hackensack Meridian Health has cared for as many COVID-19 patients as any health system in the state, and likely the country.
The total to date — and it’s growing every day — is more than...
Newark Beth Israel to host groundbreaking for $100M renovation project
Darrell Terry is Mr. Newark Beth Israel. He was born at the hospital, he met his wife at the hospital, they had their first two kids at the hospital — and he and his...
Why doubling capacity for indoor dining won’t come close to doubling number of seats...
Gov. Phil Murphy is going back and forth regarding his desire to increase capacity for indoor dining. Last week, he indicated it was likely. This week — with COVID-19 cases on the rise —...
