Department of Health: Updated COVID-19 and Annual Flu Shots Offer Best Protections This Season
Last Updated: 09/12/2023
Updated COVID-19 Vaccines for Everyone Ages 6 Months and Older Expected to be Available in New Jersey by End of the Week
The new 2023-2024 COVID-19 vaccines recommended today by the federal Centers...
Governor Murphy Signs Executive Order to Lift COVID-19 Testing Requirements in Congregate Care and Health Care Settings
Last Updated: 04/03/2023
Governor Phil Murphy today has signed an executive order lifting COVID-19 testing requirements for health care and congregate settings.
Today's executive order rescinds testing requirements put int...
Murphy Administration Highlights Public Health Preparedness for Winter Months
Last Updated: 12/15/2022
Governor Murphy & Commissioner Persichilli Outline Efforts to Address Impact of Influenza, RSV and COVID-19; Encourage Residents to Take Precautions
TRENTON – With multiple respiratory viruses cu...
Governor Murphy Announces Independent Review of State's Response to COVID-19 Pandemic
Last Updated: 11/28/2022
First-in-the-Nation Independent Review to be Led by Paul Zoubek of Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads and the Boston Consulting Group
TRENTON - Governor Murphy today announced the beginning of an...
New Jersey Department of Health Encourages Flu Shot, COVID-19 Boosters Ahead of Holidays
Last Updated: 11/22/2022
Residents Should Take Precautions Against Other Respiratory Viruses
TRENTON – With holiday gatherings kicking off this week with Thanksgiving, the New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH) is encou...
N.J. Vaccine Sites Now Offering Additional COVID-19 Vaccine Option for Adolescents
Last Updated: 08/26/2022
TRENTON – The Novavax COVID-19 vaccine for adolescents ages 12 through 17 is now available in New Jersey, giving parents another vaccine option as children head back to school.
"With the start of...
Think you were exposed to COVID-19? Here’s what test you should take. | Opinion
Last Updated: 09/30/2020
Edward Lifshitz, Medical Director of the Communicable Disease Service of the New Jersey Department of Health
If you recently attended a wedding, a sporting event, or any other event where you think...
Governor Murphy & Commissioner Persichilli Urge Parents to Heed Updated CDC Recommendations on Omicron-Targeting Covid Vaccinations for Young Children
TRENTON, NJ – Following the recent recommendation made by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), children ages six months through five years are now eligible to receive a C...
NJ Health Commissioner Persichilli Statement on CDC Recommendation on COVID-19 Bivalent Vaccine
Last Updated: 04/20/2023
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued updated recommendations to shift all administrations of the Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines to bivalent rather than monovalent d...
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