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New Brunswick is known as the “healthcare city” and is home to two of New Jersey’s most well-known and established hospitals: Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital and St. Peter’s University Hospital. It is also home to the Johnson & Johnson corporation’s worldwide headquarters, and facilities for several other companies in the healthcare field.

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Amid Nurses’ Strike, Bernie Sanders to Lead Senate Hearing in New Brunswick

Avatar photo by Molly O'Brien October 26, 2023October 26, 2023

U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders will lead a public hearing in this city in response to the months-long Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital nurses’ strike and its demands for safer staffing.

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Nursing Homes Use Virtual Reality Tech to Help Residents Cope with Isolation

by Haley Cafarella July 24, 2021July 24, 2021

To help residents deal with social isolation, Parker Life at Landing Lane in New Brunswick has incorporated the virtual reality platform called Rendever.

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Middlesex County’s Only Accredited Senior Center to Begin Re-opening in July

by Haley Cafarella June 18, 2021May 27, 2022

The pandemic forced the staff at the Silver Linings Senior Center to focus on virtual programming, but it was recently announced that it will be open for limited indoor programs and classes beginning July 6.

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Governor Admits “The Healthcare City” is Actually The Least Vaccinated in NJ

Avatar photo by Charlie Kratovil May 12, 2021May 12, 2021

Despite being home to the worldwide headquarters of vaccine maker Johnson & Johnson, and being nicknamed “The Healthcare City,” less than one-third of the New Brunswick’s eligible residents have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.

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In Setback for J&J’s COVID-19 Vaccine, Federal Government Pauses Distribution

by Dave Schatz April 14, 2021April 14, 2021

The Acting FDA Commissioner told reporters that half a dozen “cases of a rare and severe type of blood clot” had occurred nationwide in women who were administered the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine.

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Pending Federal Approval, J&J’s COVID-19 Vaccine Could Start Shipping in March

by Dave Schatz February 8, 2021February 8, 2021

Widely viewed as potentially game-changing, a single-dose COVID-19 vaccine produced by Johnson & Johnson is on track to receive federal approval within weeks.

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RWJ Hospital Among First to Give Staff COVID-19 Vaccine

by Megan Thompson December 22, 2020December 24, 2020

Robert Wood Johnson Hospital in New Brunswick is one of six hospitals throughout the state to receive the first batch of COVID-19 vaccinations.

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