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Ebola across the Hudson: First News
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A Manhattan doctor remains under quarantine this morning, the first confirmed case of Ebola In New York City. Officials are telling people not to be alarmed despite reports the doctor rode the subway, took a cab, and went bowling since returning from West Africa...
Christie eases NJ’s Ebola fears: First News
Today in New Jersey’s First News:
As concerns about Ebola keep rising, Governor Christie has announced the creation of a special Ebola response task force. He's also calling on all Jersey residents to take a deep breath and stay calm...
Possible Ebola case reaches NJ: First News
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A north Jersey hospital remains on lockdown this morning after a passenger was brought there from Newark airport with signs of Ebola. The West African failed the new screening process in place at the airport and remains in isolation...
Educating NJ about Ebola: First News
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A handful of New Jersey schools are being forced to deal with and answer questions about Ebola. In Burlington County, a local family and the school has decided to hold out two students who just moved here from Africa until the Ebola incubation period is over...
Sayreville football coaches suspended: First News
Today in New Jersey’s First News:
Sayreville head football coach George Najjar will not be at work today. He and four of his assistants have been suspended amid the sexual hazing scandal that has rocked the school. The coaches are all tenured teachers and have been suspended with pay as prosecutors continue their investigation into what went on in the varsity locker room...
New cases of enterovirus confirmed in NJ: First News
Today in New Jersey’s First News:
In New Jersey, health officials have confirmed three new cases of enterovirus. They are all in Monmouth County. That brings to 17 the total number of confirmed cases. Parents in Elizabeth are being warned of two possible cases of entero...
New developments in Sayreville hazing story: First News
Today in New Jersey’s First News:
There are new developments in the Sayreville sexual hazing story. The varsity coach apparently addressed his team a day before the season was cancelled, as allegations of upper classmen sexual attacking freshman players began to surface...
Educating NJ about Ebola: First News
Today in New Jersey’s First News:
As customs officers at Newark Liberty Airport get ready to start screening passengers arriving from West African countries for Ebola tomorrow, Jersey hospitals are participating in Ebola readiness drills where fake patients show up in the emergency room to see if they're treated appropriately...
Fallout from the Sayreville football scandal: First News
Today in New Jersey’s First News:
Kids are back to school but generally not talking about seven of their classmates who have been charged with the brutal attacks on freshman. Some kids remain angry that their school has gotten such a bad reputation so quickly...
The latest Ebola warnings: First News
Today in New Jersey’s First News:
Health officials are warning there may be more Ebola cases connected to the man who died in Texas last week. It's not clear how a nurse got infected she was wearing full protection gear when she dealt with Thomas Eric Duncan...