The virtual program addresses concerns that the diagnostic provider says keeps many individuals from seeking in-person health care due to fear of contracting COVID-19.

The company's newest location treats patients of all ages for ailments including upper respiratory infections; cold and flu, offering the vaccine for the latter; asthma; allergies; minor lacerations and more.

“What we’re hoping is through public awareness, education, bringing in partners to help us reach … diverse groups through the state, that people will make a choice to be vaccinated,” New Jersey Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli said. “We have to do our job and our role of making sure that it’s a safe and efficacious vaccine."

The state logged 1,223 new cases of COVID-19 on Oct. 26, marking one straight week of daily counts above 1,000.

The rules, which are set to include 8 p.m. closures for indoor restaurants and stores, will be reassessed on Nov. 10. They come in response to an uptick in cases: On Oct. 25, the city reported more new instances of the virus than all other municipalities in Essex County combined.

The move came on the same day that New Jersey's daily count of new cases of the virus pushed near 2,000—the highest since the spring.

Responsible employers deserve COVID-19 liability protections. If it can be presumed an employee contracted the virus at work, even though there are countless other places where they could have contracted it, what is stopping an enterprising plaintiff from asserting they caught it there also? From, The New Jersey Civil Justice Institute's Eric DeGesero.

Oral arguments took place last week in a court case arising from the 2018 Medical Marijuana Program Request for Applications, which has had the New Jersey Department of Health wrapped in litigation with seven appellants since announcing the winners of six medical cannabis licenses nearly two years ago.

The Fort Lee-based company said it will launch the effort by covering the door handles and steering wheels on delivery trucks operated by Table to Table, along with other high-touch surfaces in its offices.

The 12 permitted alternative treatment centers are seeking to keep the “service of medical cannabis patients at the heart of the ATCs’ evolving operations” ahead of the potential legalization of adult use cannabis by voters in November.

Recognizing 40 years serving the community, the hospice provider cut the ribbon at the Mount Laurel office, which more than 400 clinical providers, support personnel and a volunteer base of more than 500 individuals will call "home base."

Patrick Kaltenbach will serve as executive vice president and chief technology officer, while Dave Hickey will succeed him as executive vice president and president, Life Sciences, effective Jan. 1, 2021.