In addition to flu vaccinations, the campaign will enable the administration of COVID-19 vaccines, tests and booster shots, pending regulatory approval.

It's not too late to get a shot: Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson inoculations will all be available. No appointments are necessary, and the health care system's medical team will be available to answer questions and concerns.

The health care system promoted senior team members to recognize both the importance of their positions, as well as the contributions they have made as individuals to the success of the organization.

Dr. Bonita Stanton, the founding dean of Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, is being recognized for helping to create “a school that recognizes inequity in health outcomes and that is demonstrating to students that health care disparities are born of structural and systemic racism,” according to the NMF.

Andrew Pecora comes on board at the Florham Park-based company after previously serving as president of Physician Enterprise and chief innovations officer and the institutional research official for Hackensack Meridian Health, overseeing more than 7,500 physicians as well as the business and clinical operations of the John Theurer Cancer Center and clinical and basic research of the Center for Discovery and Innovation.

The surgery performed at St. Luke’s in Phillipsburg marks the inaugural use of this technology, which was approved by the FDA in January, in the state. The first case in Pennsylvania will be performed at the system's Bethlehem location next month.

The $101 million deal marks the firm's eighth state of operation, snagging it one of New Jersey's 12 existing vertically integrated cannabis business permits and one of its six original alternative treatment centers.

The deal accelerates the Bedminster-based company's mission to harmonize the complete payment process on behalf of payers, providers and consumers with innovative pricing and provider selection tools.

Data from the state Department of Health show the state logged 1,815 new daily instances and, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control, New Jersey logged a seven-day average of 2,087 cases as of Sept. 13—compared to a seven-day average of fewer than 200 cases over the July Fourth weekend.

According to Monmouth University Polling Institute, 63% would support their state re-instituting a face covering mandate, up from 52% in July.

Patrick Fabbio joins the Newark-based pharmaceutical holding company with more than 25 years of financial, operational and transactional leadership experience.