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Jewish Renaissance Foundation Celebrates Red Nose Day

Posted on May 28, 2019May 28, 2019 by nj_admin1

Jewish Renaissance Foundation Celebrates Red Nose Day Red Nose Day is a campaign with the mission to end child poverty by funding programs that keep children safe, healthy, and educated. Through the power of entertainment, organizations come together to laugh and have fun, while raising funds to benefit children worldwide. Red Nose Day has raised Read More

Women’s Health Symposium focuses on infant mortality among women of color

Posted on May 23, 2019May 24, 2019 by nj_admin1

Women’s Health Symposium focuses on infant mortality among women of color Newark Resident Yadira Varahona was at the fourth annual Women’s Health Symposium because she’s interested in hearing about prenatal care. Through a translator, she said that she had a miscarriage in March and that losing the baby was very painful.The theme of the Read More

Medication-Assisted Treatment Helps Inmates Overcome Addiction

Posted on March 5, 2019March 6, 2019 by nj_admin1

Medication-assisted treatment helps inmates overcome addiction Raven Santana, Correspondent | February 28, 2019, 10AM EST Sixty-year-old recovering addict Jose Lager says he’s done crack, dope, pills and alcohol on and off for 40 years. This will be the first time that he has ever been clean for six months. He is one of more than Read More

CAMcare Participates in National Read Aloud Day

Posted on February 5, 2019February 8, 2019 by nj_admin1

CAMcare Participates in National Read Aloud Day Last Edited: Feb 01, 2019 5:14 PM EST By Melanie Zayas, SNJ Today Reporter CAMDEN COUNTY, N.J. – It was an action-filled day for kids from local daycare centers visiting CAMcare on Friday, February 1st. From hands-on activities to picking up books, each child participated in National Read Read More

CompleteCare Health Network Wins 2018 NJPCA Maverick Award

Posted on November 20, 2018November 20, 2018 by nj_admin1

CompleteCare Health Network Wins 2018 NJPCA Maverick Award Last Edited: Nov 19, 2018 10:21 AM EST By SNJ Today Staff BRIDGETON, N.J. – CompleteCare Health Network is pleased to announce that they were the 2018 recipient of the New Jersey Primary Care Association’s (NJPCA) Maverick Pioneer and Share Award. This award, presented in October at NJPCA’s Read More

Don’t have measles vaccine? Gym, restaurant are banning you

Posted on November 8, 2018November 8, 2018 by nj_admin1

Don’t have measles vaccine? Gym, restaurant are banning you LAKEWOOD — Schools, businesses and officials got serious about the spread of measles in an Ocean County community over the weekend, as confirmation of several potential additional cases is pending. Four cases of measles were confirmed in Lakewood last week by the Ocean County Health Department. Read More

OHI Spreads Measles Vaccine Awareness Following Ocean County Cases

Posted on November 8, 2018November 8, 2018 by nj_admin1

OHI Spreads Measles Vaccine Awareness Following Ocean County Cases By: Kimberly Bosco LAKEWOOD – After cases of measles were officially confirmed by the county and state health departments, Ocean Health Initiatives, Inc., (OHI) is reminding residents about the measles vaccine. At least four cases of measles were found in Ocean County in late October and early Read More

NJPCA Holds Conference on Patient Care in Atlantic City

Posted on October 29, 2018November 1, 2018 by nj_admin1

South Jersey, News, Weather, Sports, Entertainment, NJ Atlantic City, N.J. – The New Jersey Primary Care Association (NJPCA) wrapped up its annual conference. On Thursday, October 25th, the NJPCA hosted day two of its annual conference in Atlantic City called It’s About the Patients: Community Health Centers Providing Integrated Quality Care. The conference is an opportunity Read More

FQHCs Participate in Train Up Day to Emphasize Career Development at Health Centers

Posted on October 12, 2018 by nj_admin1

Press Releases FQHCs Participate in Train Up Day to Emphasize Career Development at Health Centers October 10, 2018, 5:29 pm FQHCs Participate in Train Up Day to Emphasize Career Development at Health Centers Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) throughout the state joined together today for a Train Up Day to encourage career development and workforce opportunities within Read More

Medicaid recipients still face barriers to addiction meds, despite new state law

Posted on September 28, 2018October 1, 2018 by nj_admin1

By Sam Sutton 09/26/2018 05:00 AM EDT Medicaid recipients in New Jersey looking for medicine to treat their opioid addictions continue to face a major hurdle that no longer exists for patients covered by commercial health insurance plans. New Jersey, which is on pace to lose more than 3,000 of its residents to drug overdoses Read More