Scott Fallon
Senior Reporter at USA Today
Staff Writer at North Jersey Media Group
Covering healthcare at USA TODAY NETWORK NEW JERSEY including: @NorthJersey @AsburyParkPress @MyCentralJersey @CPSJ and more Member of @TheRecordGuild
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2 weeks ago |
burlingtoncountytimes.com | Scott Fallon |Katie Sobko
Good afternoon and welcome to NorthJersey.com’s blog for New Jersey's 2025 primary election. Check here early and often for color from our reporters and analysts spread out at polling places and candidates' election night headquarters — and don't forget to check back for actual results after polls close at 8 p.m.There are a number of races on the ballots, including the 11 Democrats and Republicans vying to be their party's nominee for governor as Gov. Phil Murphy ends his final term in January.
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3 weeks ago |
northjersey.com | Scott Fallon
Mifepristone has been used along with another drug — misoprostol — to end early pregnancies in about 7.5 million women since it was approved by the FDA in 2000. About 57% of abortions in New Jersey were carried out using medication in 2023, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.
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3 weeks ago |
northjersey.com | Scott Fallon
In the wake of the Quinlan case, patients began demanding that they have a bigger say in their treatment, especially if they become incapacitated and are near the end of life. Today, hospice has become an integral part of health care. About half of Americans on Medicare die while on hospice care. New Jersey is one of only 10 states that allow the terminally ill to end their own life with a doctor’s help.
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3 weeks ago |
northjersey.com | Scott Fallon
Bibin Michael, 40, of Norwood, died on May 25 after jumping into the water to rescue two people whose kayak had tipped over on a small lake in Blakeslee, Pennsylvania. Thousands of dollars have been raised for a Bergen County family whose father drowned on Memorial Day weekend trying to save kayakers in a Poconos Mountain lake.
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1 month ago |
yahoo.com | Scott Fallon
A Bergen County father drowned on May 25 after trying to save two people whose kayak had flipped at a small lake in the Poconos, according to police and local media reports. Police were dispatched around 12:30 p.m. to Sir Bradford Road in Blakeslee, Pennsylvania, to reports of a drowning on a small lake behind some houses, said Sgt. Nick Mecca of the Pocono Mountain Regional Police. Pennsylvania news organizations identified the man as Bibin Michael, 40, of Norwood.
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