Friday, April 26, 2024
Photo courtesy of Joshua Hoehne, Unsplash New Jersey state officials announced on Monday, April 19 that COVID-19 vaccines will now be available to anyone age 16 and over who lives, works or studies in the state. With the increasing availability of COVID-19 vaccines, Ramapo College students have been staying involved with monitoring […]
Photo courtesy of Hakan Nural, Unsplash The United States Food and Drug Administration and Center for Disease Control and Prevention recently supported the temporary ceasing of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine distribution. Six women between the ages of 18 and 45 suffered from rare blood clot complications within […]
Photo courtesy of New York National Guard, Flickr I want to make it clear that I am not one to promote vaccine skepticism. On March 6, I showed up at the Camden County vaccine megasite and found out I’d be receiving Johnson & Johnson. I was thrilled; I would have […]
Photo courtesy of engin akyurt, Unsplash Socialization is a fundamental part of each person’s life, but many students are only realizing this due to COVID taking away their opportunity to see people. The isolation that students are now having to deal with is a lot more serious than it may seem […]
Photo courtesy of Diana Robinson, Flickr After a long year of empty theaters and cancellations, New York City is slowly bringing arts and culture back to life in a new arts festival called NY PopUps, NBC reports. The festival began hosting outdoor events at the end of February all over […]
Photo courtesy of Prasesh Shiwakoti (Lomash), Unsplash For the past weeks, scientists have been analyzing two new variants of the coronavirus propagating throughout the country. A virus mutation known as the B.1.526 has been identified in New York City. The B.1.427 or B.1.429 strain also appeared in California. Researchers have found […]
Photo courtesy of Paul Hayes, RACGP We are in the middle of a deadly pandemic, one that has taken the lives of over 500,000 Americans. Currently, at least six states plan on lifting their masks mandates, despite increasing the possibility of spreading the virus. This news is so upsetting. […]
Photo courtesy of Matthew Keys, Flickr We are nearing almost a whole year since the date the coronavirus pandemic was finally taken seriously and the United States went into a lockdown, also known as the notorious March 13. There have been over 2.5 million deaths worldwide, with over a […]
Photo courtesy of jlhervàs, Flickr The United States has officially surpassed 500,000 coronavirus deaths. Millions of Americans are on unemployment and living paycheck to paycheck. The supply of vaccines has been scarce, leaving millions of senior citizens and those who possess health issues short handed. In response, the Biden administration has […]
Photo courtesy of Chris Zúniga, Flickr New masking recommendations from the CDC have emerged 13 months after COVID-19 was declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization. The importance of wearing a mask or cloth face covering was stressed early on, being cited as one of the most important […]
