Jackie Roman

1 week ago | silive.com | Jackie Roman

An aggressive raccoon that attacked a dog and a person in two separate incidents in Collingswood last week has tested positive for rabies, according to Camden County Health Department. A Collingswood resident called animal control on April 8 to report that their dog got into a fight with raccoon at their home, officials said. However, animal control was unable to locate the raccoon. The next day, on April 9, another resident reported an incident with a raccoon while walking.

1 week ago | nj.com | Jackie Roman

An aggressive raccoon that attacked a dog and a person in two separate incidents in Collingswood last week has tested positive for rabies, according to Camden County Health Department. A Collingswood resident called animal control on April 8 to report that their dog got into a fight with raccoon at their home, officials said. However, animal control was unable to locate the raccoon. The next day, on April 9, another resident reported an incident with a raccoon while walking.

1 week ago | nj.com | Jackie Roman

Hudson Regional Hospital has officially taken control of Hudson County’s struggling CarePoint Health System, establishing a new, countywide health network. On Friday, a federal bankruptcy court judge confirmed CarePoint’s plan to exit bankruptcy and hand over control of its three hospitals ― Christ Hospital in Jersey City, Bayonne Medical Center and Hoboken University Medical Center — to Hudson Regional, according to a press release.

2 weeks ago | nj.com | Jackie Roman

RWJBarnabas Health and Rutgers Cancer Institute are partnering to open the state’s first and only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center. The Jack and Sheryl Morris Cancer Center, scheduled to open in May in New Brunswick, is a 12-story, 520,000 square foot facility located on the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital campus that specializes in cancer and only serves those patients.

2 weeks ago | nj.com | Jackie Roman

The New Jersey Department of Health is reminding residents about the importance of staying up-to-date on vaccines, especially MMR, following recent measles exposures in the state. Since March 28, the state health department has reported three unrelated measles cases in visitors who traveled to New Jersey and could have exposed residents throughout the state. Currently, the state is not experiencing a measles outbreak, which is defined as three or more related cases by the .