Serving as the nexus for clinical and translational research at Atlantic Health, studies at The Atlantic Center for Research aim to advance the care of patients with cancer, heart disease, complex neurological and neurosurgical conditions, childhood disease and, most recently, COVID-19.

The funding from the U.S. Department of Defense, in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, seeks to amp up production of the company's diagnostic by 50 percent to more than 12 million per month by next February.

The seven positions include four newly created executive nursing roles.

The Union ED, which has received the honor for 12 years, was the only New Jersey facility out of 25 award winners announced by Emergency Nurses Association for 2020.

With more than 20 years of experience, prior to joining the medical center Beverly Coleman was executive director and led HR at Trinity Health of New England.

The 19,000-square-foot facility co-locates six offerings: primary care, rehab services, imaging, lab, sleep and balance services.

Murphy is likely to sign the measure, which would go into effect on Jan. 1, 2021, replacing an identical federal levy – part of the Affordable Care Act – that expires that same day.

The company can currently perform 135,000 COVID-19 molecular diagnostics a day. The new method is expected to increase that daily number by an additional 35,000 over the next several weeks.

Barry Rabner presided over two significant milestones in the health care provider's history: The design and construction of a new hospital and health campus eight years ago, and the decision to join the University of Pennsylvania Health System two years ago.

State health officials reported 565 new positive cases of the virus, 24 new deaths, 30 new hospitalizations, a 1.87 percent positivity rate among tests, and a transmission rate of 1.14—the highest in months.

Atlantic Health System's Morristown Medical Center was the No. 1 facility in New Jersey, according to the 2020-21 rankings—and the only acute care facility from the state to be ranked nationally.

In Middletown, a party with high school aged attendees led to 52 people testing positive for the virus. In Long Beach Island, more than two dozen lifeguards contracted it, and in Jackson, the three organizers of an AirBnB party with 700 attendees were charged with violating Gov. Phil Murphy’s ban on large gatherings.