Monmouth County's smoking rate is lower than the national average and has lower rates of "deaths of despair," a new term from the CDC.
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CVS will give away Super Bowl tickets, vacations and cash to encourage people in Middletown to get vaccinated.
The county is permanently closing the vaccine clinic at the Agriculture Building on Kozloski Road in Freehold starting May 26.
Stop & Shop announced it will now be giving the Pfizer vaccine out to teens at their Middletown and Keyport locations. Walk-ins accepted.
Brookdale has 500 Pfizer vaccines to give out to adolescents and teens Wednesday; all minors must have an appointment.
The vaccine site run by Monmouth County at Brookdale Community College is now taking walk-ins, with no appointment necessary.
Among Middletown residents 65 and up, 75 percent have been vaccinated. And Brookdale is now taking walk-ins to get the vaccine.
The Red Cross is holding a couple blood drives soon in the Middletown area. The pandemic continues to affect the nation's blood supply.
Monmouth County is also now embarking on a push to get lifeguards, beach staff and summer camp staff vaccinated.
This is how the Middletown area compares to New Jersey for coronavirus vaccinations.
Here are updated figures on which hospitals are nearing capacity in Monmouth County.
The coronavirus vaccine is now in stock at Middletown-area small pharmacies, the owners of which said they have been waiting months for it.
The Visiting Nurse Association is now providing the COVID vaccine to any NJ resident receiving cancer care at Memorial Sloan Kettering.
Monmouth County mostly gives out Moderna shots. The Johnson & Johnson vaccine is primarily used for home-bound seniors, but is now paused.
This is how the Middletown area compares to New Jersey and the nation for coronavirus vaccinations.
Here is how New Jersey is doing compared to other states in the race to vaccinate residents.
A Middletown woman who works as a pediatric nurse at Monmouth Medical Center was one of only two nurses in North America to win the award.
In some communities the infection rate tops 14%. Add to that more contagious variants and health officials are concerned.
New federal data shows how the waning coronavirus epidemic is affecting hospitals in Monmouth County.
As of Friday, March 5, here are all the places in and around Middletown where you can get a coronavirus vaccine:
The Middletown, Little Silver, Highlands and Hazlet CVS now have the vaccine, as does Bayshore Pharmacy and Middletown Family Pharmacy.
Starting this Friday, March 5, Middletown will begin accepting pre-registration appointments for next week.
Here's how many hospital beds are currently filled in Monmouth County and across NJ as the pandemic wanes.
The federal government is tracking the decline of COVID-19 cases in nursing homes, including in the Middletown area.
The federal government has been tracking coronavirus cases and deaths in nursing homes, including in Middletown.
Here's how many inpatient and ICU hospital beds are currently filled in Monmouth County and across NJ.
Will the NJ vaccines work against the new variants? Do I have to get vaccinated every year? Is it safe to get the vaccine if I'm pregnant?
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Here's how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting hospitals and their ICUs in Monmouth County.
As of Jan. 29, a number of new locations have been added near Middletown and in the Middlesex/Monmouth County area.
New federal data shows which hospitals are nearing capacity in Monmouth County and across New Jersey.
The Brookdale site will be run by Monmouth Medical Center.
Walk-up testing; first come, first served. This is for Monmouth County residents only and residents will be asked to show photo ID.
New data provided by the federal government shows which hospitals are nearing capacity in the Middletown area.
Gov. Murphy is defending his decision to veto a COVID bill giving NJ restaurants and bars more freedom just as they're going to court.
New data from the federal government shows which hospitals are closest to capacity in the Middletown area.
Bayshore Pharmacy, Hazlet Pharmacy, Little Silver Family Pharmacy and Middletown Family Pharmacy will all soon have the vaccine in stock.
Visits to the doctor for the flu haven't been this high since 2009.