
Jackie Roman
Healthcare Reporter at NJ.com
Healthcare Reporter at The Star-Ledger
Catch me driving the speed limit and blasting NPR 🚗 currently the healthcare reporter for @njdotcom + @starledger.
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5 days ago |
nj.com | Jackie Roman
Harry Uhrig’s first two years of retirement from the Roselle Park Department of Public Works have been spent shuffling between doctors appointments. The 60-year-old doesn’t drink or smoke. He always considered himself relatively healthy, until he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2022 and kidney failure in January of this year.
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1 week ago |
nj.com | Jackie Roman
Nurses at Southern Ocean Medical Center in Manahawkin say they are ready to go on strike in 10 days if they can’t reach an agreement over staffing levels in a new contract with Hackensack Meridian Health. An overwhelming majority of the hospital’s 350 nurses, ninety-eight percent, authorized the strike in an April vote, according to the Health Professionals and Allied Employees union, Local 5138 website.
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1 week ago |
nj.com | Jackie Roman
A cyber attack on Cooper University Health Care last year may have exposed nearly 60,000 patients’ names, addresses, social security numbers, dates of birth, medical information, and health insurance information, the company said in a statement. The Camden-based company said the breach occurred on or about May 14, 2024. After becoming aware of the activity, Cooper conducted an investigation into what happened and what information may have been accessed.
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1 week ago |
nj.com | Jackie Roman
A man died Sunday after attempting to rescue two kayakers who fell into a Poconos lake, according to authorities. Pocono Mountain Regional Police responded to a long-term rental property on Sir Bradford Road in Pocono Lake at 12:26 p.m. Sunday for a report of individuals in the water, according to a press release sent to NJ Advance Media. Officials said about 20 people were staying at the rental, which is located on a private lake.
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1 week ago |
nj.com | Jackie Roman
A Plainsboro man who hid electronic devices with almost 2 million child sexual abuse images behind his washer and dryer was sentenced to 25 years in state prison this month, authorities announced Monday. Derek McDonough, 45, was previously convicted by a jury on Feb.
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