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One pandemic benefit: Stronger mental health support for caregivers
Bobby Brier, Mental Health Writer | March 18, 2025 | Health Care, Coronavirus in NJ Health care workers still face stigma around mental health struggles In March 2020, as the pandemic spread across New Jersey, doctors, nurses and staff in hospitals and nursing homes scrambled to care for a growing number of patients infected with COVID-19, while…Read More…
After COVID-19, is NJ better prepared for a new pandemic?
Lilo H. Stainton, Health Care Writer | March 10, 2025 | Coronavirus in NJ, Health Care Measures build after state’s COVID-19 response help, but experts warn of federal disruptions Five years after the arrival of COVID-19 forced New Jersey to shift from pandemic planning to pandemic response, the state is in some ways better prepared for the next public health…Read More…
One pandemic benefit: Stronger mental health support for caregivers
Bobby Brier, Mental Health Writer | March 18, 2025 | Health Care, Coronavirus in NJ Health care workers still face stigma around mental health struggles In March 2020, as the pandemic spread across New Jersey, doctors, nurses and staff in hospitals and nursing homes scrambled to care for a growing number of patients infected with COVID-19, while also…Read More…
I’m making a plea: We must prioritize oral health for New Jersey’s children
Michal Herman Special to the USA TODAY Network Regarding “NJ kids’ teeth are rotting more than the national average. Here’s why,” NorthJersey.com, Jan. 23: As a public health dentist in New Jersey for 25 years, I regularly treat children in dire need of oral health care. Many have never been to the dentist before coming to KinderSmile…Read More…
NJ kids’ teeth are rotting more than the national average. Here’s why
Scott Fallon NorthJersey.com The email sent to Dr. Michal Herman in early December was like many others she has received in her 25-year dental career. It was a from a teacher at a Newark school. She had a 6-year-old who was homeless — and his teeth were rotting. When he arrived at KinderSmile Foundation’s office…Read More…
Where are the dentists for kids in need?
Lilo H. Stainton, Health Care Writer | January 8, 2025 | Health Care Medicaid pays for care, but advocates found few dentists able to take younger patients Credit: (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)In this Friday, Jan. 22, 2016 photo, Dr. Juan Fernando Yepes, a dentist at the Riley Hospital for Children Department of Pediatric Dentistry, checks the teeth of…Read More…
Secret Shopper Research Reveals “Ghost” Dental Network Directories
Youngest Children Harmed by Significant Barriers to Dental Care in New Jersey’s Medicaid Program For Immediate Release Contact: Carol Ann Campbell cacampbell@njhcqi.org (973-567-1901) January 7, 2025 — TRENTON — The New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute today released a report that found nearly half the dental providers listed in Medicaid managed care directories would not schedule an appointment…Read More…
New era for midwifery in New Jersey?
Decades after NJ was among first states with graduate-level midwifery training, options expand for students November 12, 2024 | Lilo H. Stainton, Health Care Writer Shirley White-Walker was a divorced, single mother working full time as a nurse in 1974 when her best friend, recently hired as a faculty member at a new graduate midwifery program in…Read More…
Rep. Watson Coleman Meets with Local Midwives and Doulas
Ewing, NJ (Thursday, October 10, 2024) – Today, as part of National Midwifery Week, Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) sat down with midwives, doulas, healthcare professionals, and their patients at the Children’s Home Society of New Jersey in Trenton. At the listening session, they discussed how healthcare is evolving, centering on the diverse needs of mothers, from…Read More…
Can encouraging home births help maternal health crisis?
Lilo H. Stainton, Health Care Writer | October 7, 2024 | Health Care Advocates, lawmakers look to change NJ’s rules to allow for more births outside hospital setting Credit: (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)FILE – A pregnant woman stands for a portrait in Dallas, Thursday, May 18, 2023. State lawmakers are considering a measure to make home birth…Read More…