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1. Free Swine Flu vaccinations offered for 1.3 million uninsured New Jerseyans
(Health/Healthquest)

... its H1N1 response partners conducted a multi-day conference on confronting the flu this summer to prepare for a rapid response, if necessary, to the illness. "I also know many families are concerned ...

2. Michelle’s Law ensures college students don’t lose insurance
(Health/Healthquest)

... part-time status. The leave of absence must be medically necessary and commence while the child is suffering from a serious illness or injury. To take advantage of the extension, the child must have ...

3. Tributes pour in for late U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy
(U.S./Nation)

... advocate of stem cell research, which many believe will lead to treatment for illnesses such as Alzheimer's disease, which led to President Reagan's death in 2004. California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, ...

4. Viruses strike horses in Gloucester, Salem counties
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... mosquito control and surveillance, the state has been able to decrease the risk of mosquito-borne illnesses for both the horse and human population in New Jersey," Fisher said. "However, horse owners are ...

5. end of life care
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... their health needs evolve so do our discussions including when they face a terminal illness or unexpected downturn in their health. No government bureaucrat should ever be in the position to dictate what ...

6. President Obama on Michael Smerconish’s conservative radio talk show to promote health care reform
(U.S./Nation)

... accept illegal immigrants with emergency cases. "There is a basic standard of decency where if somebody's in a death situation or a severe illness, that we're going to provide them emergency care," said ...

7. New Jersey preparing for return of swine flu this fall
(Health/Healthquest)

...  Each year, millions of people in the U.S. get flu shots, significantly decreasing their risk of serious illness. Approximately 36,000 people die annually each year from complications of the seasonal ...

8. When the marriage ends in divorce, so does the insurance
(Health/Healthquest)

... conditions. This is a most unfortunate case as she has major pre-existing conditions and now she is left with no protection for those illnesses for the next six months. I suggested she go back to the ...

9. Congressman Pallone welcomes new tobacco center launched by the FDA
(U.S./Nation)

... new regulations serve the purpose of reducing tobacco-related deaths and illness and protecting young people from the enticing marketing techniques designed to start them smoking," said Pallone. "A director ...

10. Fifth Ruiz campaign worker indicted for election fraud
(N.J./State)

... ballots are for use only by those who are homebound due to illness, infirmity or disability. Individuals can complete an application designating a messenger or bearer who is a family member or a registered ...

11. Doctors that provide end of life counseling see benefit from health care reform controversy
(Health/Healthquest)

... consultation to qualify for payment, the patient must be diagnosed with a terminal illness and have a prognosis of six months or less to live. Also, the act did not create a unique funding code. KAISER ...

12. Less discussed, more dreaded ‘shingles’ has its own vaccine
(Health/Healthquest)

... weren’t bad enough by themselves, the virus can be re-activated by temporary weakness in immunity, illness, trauma and stress. With shingles on top. Possibly the one (comparatively) good thing about ...

13. Choice
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... reduce doctor insurance rates and allow access to be more affordable. D. Encourage individual health savings accounts (mobile, funded by business/individual) as well as long term/illness insurance to ...

14. Health care for people, not insurers
(Opinion/Commentary)

... the sort of bare-bones health insurance coverage that will pay out big bucks for catastrophic illnesses but doesn't include coverage for "frills" like mammograms ... or therapy for children with autism ...

15. Governor Corzine signs maternity health legislation
(Health/Healthquest)

... "Including them in the decision-making process for disability benefits in New Jersey just makes sense." "Following an accident, surgery or prolonged illness, many women may be without easy access to ...

16. Governor Corzine signs mental health treatment bill
(Health/Healthquest)

... provide the authorities with the necessary tools to safeguard individuals who are incapable of taking care of themselves due to a mental illness," said Sen. Gerald Cardinale (R-Bergen). "We have built ...

17. Codey: Was corrections officer who killed self, baby screened for postpartum depression?
(N.J./State)

... in order to lower the likelihood that new mothers will continue to suffer from the illness in silence. "This is a tragic incident, that for all we know, could have been avoided if the safety net we created ...

18. Report: World oyster population near extinction
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... Bay was once the epicenter for the shellfish industry in the United States. But overfishing, water pollution and illness killed more than 90 percent of them in the last two decades. Out of the small ...

19. Three Ruiz campaign workers charged with election fraud
(N.J./State)

... voters are disenfranchised." Messenger ballots are for use only by those who are homebound due to illness, infirmity or disability. Such persons can complete an application designating a messenger who ...

20. misleading
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... of the current 38 states that have already signed mutual agreements. Since these will be people who have undergone background checks and have no serious criminal history or mental illness, trying to claim ...