Why athletes need to protect their hearts amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Valley Hospital Cardiovascular Imaging Program employs the latest innovations in cardiovascular imaging, clinical translational research, and education in coordination with Valley’s Diagnostic Imaging Department.

The center has become established as the go-to location for unique and specialized cardiac needs, practicing world-class medicine, which provides a unique benefit for Newark residents, while also drawing patients from throughout New Jersey.

Mark Harding’s first heart attack left significant damage. And his heart health worsened over time, leading him to Deborah Heart and Lung Center with advanced stage heart failure by 2018 into 2019, a malady that historically required a heart transplant to survive. But, new enhancements in a two-decades-old technology have allowed Harding and others to forgo lengthy transplant wait times in favor of a Left Ventricular Assist Device.

With help from the health care system, Somerset Development's "metroburb" will welcome back visitors and tenants with a plan including facility and operation upgrades, design enhancements and "Stop the Spread" guidelines.

The health care system is one of nearly 90 sites across the country working to assess the safety and effectiveness of the treatment co-developed by Moderna and the National Institutes of Health.

The firm's Lizzack-Horning team negotiated a deal that better streamlined Holy Name's operations at the building, while allowing the landlord to restructure existing space to create two medical office condos.

Bedminster-based Tyme Technologies said it joined with Massachusetts General Hospital and Weill Cornell Medical Center to design a proof of concept trial for the compound with recently diagnosed, symptomatic patients.

The 53,222-square-foot office and retail lease will include orthopedics, pain medicine, primary care, diabetes, OB/GYN, cancer, cardiology, pulmonology, urology and colorectal surgery, in addition to onsite urgent care, breast screening and imaging, an infusion center and a lab.

The city has issued more than 50,000 free nasal and antibody diagnostics since the onset of the outbreak, and has struck up several partnerships to increase those efforts.

In addition to keeping testing going on campus during the fall semester, the partners are seeking certification for the university's laboratories to process samples taken at the testing site in order to create a one-stop diagnostic center.

Two recently published pieces identify a more efficient method using vaporized hydrogen peroxide, making mask reuse more economically feasible and practical for health care workers.