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COVID-19

Holy Name CEO Mike Maron speaks with NJBIZ Editor Jeff Kanige on Jan. 26, 2026.
Feb 2, 2026

NJBIZ Conversations: Holy Name CEO Michael Maron

The chief executive officer discusses the current health care landscape and what a recent large donation means for the hospital.

A photo of a typical small town main street in the United States of America. Features old brick buildings with specialty shops and restaurants. Decorated with spring flowers and American flags.
Aug 27, 2025

NJEDA clears $10M for 5 real estate gap financing projects

These commercial efforts will receive the funding, which aims to mitigate negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in certain municipalities, to support redevelopment, housing, small business and the arts.

Campbell's Cream of Mushroom Soup
Jun 3, 2025

Campbell’s sales rise as home cooking hits pandemic levels

As consumers cut back on dining out amid recession and tariff fears, the Camden-based soup and snacks giant recorded strong third-quarter sales in its meals & beverages unit.

Medical technology
Apr 23, 2025

New law establishes NJ Public Health Institute

There are currently 51 PHIs nationwide. In the Garden State, the PHI would help streamline coordination across sectors and agencies, promote equitable health outcomes and data-driven solutions, and more.

In February, Warren-based Tevogen Bio marked a major milestone as it began trading on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange – with the company ringing the opening bell Feb. 15.
Jul 8, 2024

Tevogen Bio providing new hope for COVID patients

2024 has been an active year for Warren-based Tevogen Bio, a clinical-stage specialty immunotherapy company that is using innovation to develop affordable personalized treatments for large patient populations.

Apr 18, 2024

Comptroller report details waste, abuse in Essex County COVID vaccination program

“The 17-page report criticizing Essex County’s COVID-19 vaccination program that was issued by Acting State Comptroller Kevin Walsh is unbalanced, unfair, and does not accurately depict Essex County’s response to the pandemic,” Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr. said in response to the release.

The FEMA Community Vaccination Center at NJIT in Newark in March 2021.
Mar 11, 2024

Long-awaited report examining NJ’s COVID response is here

The independent review finds both the state and nation were unprepared for the public health emergency. And, despite New Jersey's attempts that "no level of effort could overcome an inadequate health care infrastructure and scarcity of basic medical supplies."

State business groups are endorsing a bipartisan bill – the Expanding Access to High-Impact Tutoring Act, which was introduced in June by Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-NJ-11th District. From left: Peter Connolly, CEO of the New Jersey Manufacturing Extension Program; Tom Bracken, president and CEO of the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce; Sherrill; Sen. Linda Greenstein, D-14th District; and Michele Siekerka, president and CEO of the New Jersey Business & Industry Association.
Nov 21, 2023

NJ business groups endorse Sherrill bill to combat pandemic learning loss [Exclusive]

The New Jersey Chamber of Commerce, New Jersey Business & Industry Association and New Jersey Manufacturing Extension Program have all come out in support of the measure, highlighting the role of education plays in building the next generation workforce.

In New Jersey, Germany-based Siemens Healthineers has facilities in Flanders, Iselin and Princeton.
Nov 6, 2023

Siemens plans another round of layoffs in Morris County

The update for the German medtech's Flanders location will see 300 New Jersey jobs eliminated over the next 14 months.

Oct 3, 2023

Several NJ hospitals reinstate mask mandates amid infection uptick (updated)

Facilities within the Hackensack Meridian Health network and all RWJBarnabas Health locations are requiring the safeguard, while other health care providers are monitoring the situation before changing their policies.

Sep 7, 2023

‘Pure hell’: DOJ blasts NJ veterans homes over COVID care, conditions

In a scathing 43-page report, and following a nearly three-year investigation, the Justice Department has concluded that residents at two state-run facilities were subjected to conditions that violated the 14th Amendment.

Gov. Phil Murphy, shown with Department of Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli, dedicated the New Jersey Department of Health State Office Building as the Judith M. Persichilli Building on Sept. 28, 2022.
Jul 21, 2023

Health Commissioner Persichilli set to retire next month (updated)

The woman who needed no introduction as she helped lead the Garden State’s efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic was appointed to the interim post in 2019 and confirmed the following year.