The debut of the region's only standalone birth center fell during National Midwifery Week, which occurs between Oct. 3 and Oct. 9, according to the American College of Nurse-Midwives.

As of  Oct. 6, there were 986 hospitalizations—the last time the number was under 1,000 was on Aug. 23, when the state’s 71 acute-care hospitals logged 982 patients, according to the New Jersey Department of Health.

New syringe and needle lines at one of the company's Nebraska plants, completed as part of a public-private partnership with the Department of Health and Human Services' Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, will provide the federal government with priority access to hundreds of millions of pieces of equipment.

With more than 25 years of experience in technology leadership working within the industry and with startups and multinational corporations, Kash Patel joins the system from Penn Medicine in Philadelphia.

A pair of accords stemming from Gov. Phil Murphy’s trade mission to the country in 2019 has spurred several collaborations among the life sciences industry, most recently between ABLE and BioNJ and the Institute for Life Science Entrepreneurship, respectively.

The Edison-based care-planning service is now part of Evolent, where it will report to that company's specialty management offering, New Century Health, and be consolidated into its Clinical Solutions segment, headquartered in Arlington, Va.

The South Jersey hospital continues to earn national recognition for its services. Earlier this year, it was named as one of the top-10 hospitals in New Jersey and as a top-performing hospital nationally by U.S. News & World Report in nine specialty areas.

"The page had a technical update on Friday, but doesn’t reflect the CDC’s guidance ahead of this upcoming holiday season," the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a statement to several news outlets. “CDC will share additional guidance soon.”

Lisa Perez and David Ball begin their new roles on Nov. 1, reporting directly to Consumer Health North American Chief Commercial Officer Dave Tomasi.

The Hudson County health system will continue under the stewardship of a new community-based organization, opening up an array of opportunities to support the area's underserved patients moving forward.

The New Brunswick-based health care company says that protection against COVID-19 increases when a second shot, given about two months after the first, is administered.

The Bedminster-based company doubles down on its promise to price, pay and explain health care for its rapidly growing client base of payers, providers and consumers.