Hudson Reporter
Hudson County Community Health Centers get federal aid ×
U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker announced that New Jersey’s 24 Community Health Centers (CHCs), operating 135 sites statewide, have been awarded a combined $129.65 million in funding from the American Rescue Plan (ARP) to expand access to COVID-19 vaccines, treatment, and health services.
Of those CHC’s, three are in Hudson County: Horizon Health Center Inc and Metropolitan Family Health Network Inc in Jersey City were each awarded $4.25 million and $7.73 million respectively. North Hudson Community Action Corp. in Union City was awarded $10.44 million.
“When we passed the American Rescue Plan earlier this month, we said that help was on the way for New Jerseyans and nothing matters more than the health and safety of our residents,” said Menendez. “With this unprecedented investment in our network of community health centers, I’m so glad to say that help is here to en
Jersey City came a long way to win the multi-cultural title | Quigley NJ.com 3/16/2021 Joan Quigley, nj.com
Jersey City is the most multicultural city in America, according to a recent report from WalletHub. Some folks from Stockton, California, and New York City might disagree. Until they get here and look around anyway.
But it hasn’t always been this way.
Dutch were the first newcomers to the area we call New Jersey, followed by English Quakers around 1670. By 1700 New Jersey’s population was nearly 15,000. Mostly they were English Puritans, and their religion and culture absorbed the few remaining Dutch and some new Swedish settlers.
EMTs should be trained to give COVID vaccine shots | Quigley NJ.com 3/2/2021
Why can’t EMTs vaccinate in New Jersey? We sure could use them.
In places like Florida, Massachusetts and Vermont, EMTs inoculate and that may be one reason why vaccinations in those states exceed numbers here.
Moderna is injected straight out of the vial. No mixing or reconstituting involved.
It’s pretty easy to insert a needle into someone’s muscle in an upper arm. I’m not denigrating the skill, but how many of us had to learn to inject insulin into an elderly relative or insert a needle with hormones into a spouse or partner enrolled in a fertility program?
West New York desperate for more vaccine, while Jersey City prepares to open 4 more vaccination sites nj.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nj.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Let’s do as Biden asked, put unity back in the United States | Quigley NJ.com 1/26/2021
Why do so many of us cry when happy?
I was on the verge of tears all day Wednesday, Inaugural Day, and they finally spilled over at 10 o’clock as I watched the First Family stand on the White House balcony marveling at the spectacular bursts of fireworks against the brilliant blackness of the clear night sky.
It wasn’t a sobbing, shuddering, ugly kind of crying. I was smiling as tears silently rolled down my face. So many waited so long for such a moment, and some never thought they’d see a day like this.