COVID-19 Vaccine

NJ college kids have a chance to win $5,000 in the state's "Step Up Vax Up" COVID-19 vaccine awareness contest.

Out of 600 COVID-19 deaths over the last month of 2021, only four were among people with break-through cases, according to state officials on Wednesday.

His new executive order also requires nursing home workers to get vaccinated and boosted, with no test-out option

FDA Asked For 75 Years To Produce COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Data

As new cases of COVID-19 continue to climb, so do restrictions on patient use of monoclonal antibody infusions.

State Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli said her department recently updated guidance on quarantine lengths for both schools and the general public, though not for healthcare settings.

So far 1.7 million people in New Jersey have received a third or booster dose, about 37% of those who are eligible, either due to higher COVID risk or because it has been six months or more since they gained "fully vaccinated" status.

State Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli said hospitalizations have increased more than 37% over the past week alone, and if the trend continues we could easily have 3,500 New Jerseyans hospitalized with COVID by mid-January.

During a Monday morning press conference, the city's Health Commissioner Dr. Cheryl Bettigole announced that the city will be requiring all patrons at bars and restaurants to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination.

As the state confirmed the variant of concern has arrived, here's the latest questions and answers — does it appear easier to spread, and do vaccines seem to work against it?