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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1 week 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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2 weeks ago |
eu.app.com | Scott Fallon
New Jersey would receive $3.6 billion less in annual funding, according to the state Department of Human Services. That would force about 20% of residents enrolled in the state's Medicaid program called NJ FamilyCare — or 360,000 people — to lose coverage. Now the waiting begins for Valerie Brown.
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2 weeks ago |
usatoday.com | Scott Fallon |Thao Nguyen |Thảo Nguyen
A person who attended a Shakira concert at MetLife Stadium was infected with measles and may have spread the highly contagious virus at the event, New Jersey health officials said. The person, who lives out of state, attended the concert in East Rutherford on May 15 while infectious, according to a statement released by the New Jersey Department of Health on May 20.
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2 weeks ago |
courierpostonline.com | Scott Fallon
Anyone who was at the stadium in East Rutherford from 7:30 p.m. through 1 a.m. may have been exposed to the virusSymptoms could develop as late as June 6, health officials saidSymptoms include a high fever, cough, runny nose, watery red eyes, and a rash that usually appears between three and five days after symptoms begin.
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2 weeks ago |
northjersey.com | Scott Fallon
The two sides are expected to resume talks on Sunday. An unexpected meeting was held on Saturday, that was called 'constructive' at the end of the day's talks. NJ Transit management and unionized rail workers made an unexpected dash back to the bargaining table on Saturday afternoon. But how much progress the sides made was not known. Now begins a crucial day three of the strike on the eve of the workweek and the two sides will meet again.
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