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.

Companies currently involved in the state-run Small Business Lease Emergency Assistance Grant Program can qualify for rent relief grants of up to $10,000.

"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.”

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 Community Stage Relief Grant Program, which provides grants of up to $300,000 for businesses that have some kind of involvement in the promotion and production of live events and were affected by COVID closures, will award funds to smaller venues that suffered losses during the pandemic.

The Kenilworth-based drugmaker said it saw “compelling results” in trials for molnupiravir, which reduced the risk of hospital or death by roughly 50% for those with mild to moderate cases of the virus.

According to New Jersey Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli, upward of 1.1 million New Jerseyans could qualify to get the extra shot.

According to a report from Monmouth University, 52% of the New Jersey electorate approve of the job the governor is doing, compared to 54% in August and 57% in May.

The New Brunswick drugmaker said there was a four-fold increase in COVID-19 immunity for patients who took the inoculation two months after the initial dose, and a 12-fold increase for those getting the shot six months later.

The exact number of people eligible for another dose of the Pfizer shot is fluid, given the lack of any official notice, but according to New Jersey Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli it could be as low as just the 450,000 seniors aged 65 and older in the state who’ve gotten the vaccine.

Few sectors have been as hard-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic as the wedding industry. Here in New Jersey, the story of how the wedding industry has adapted and survived is one of grit, flexibility and overcoming enormous challenges.