Kerrie Prettitore’s genetic mutation kept her body from breaking down the chemo drug 5-FU. A test for the mutation exists but is rarely used.
Author: Lindy Washburn, North Jersey Record
Feds impose $600,000 fine on New Jersey nursing home after 11 children die
The federal government imposed a $600,000 fine on the nursing home were 11 children died last fall. The facility is appealing.
Only fraction of patients have been notified of possible HIV at NJ surgery center
A Saddle Brook, N.J., surgery center that may have exposed patients to HIV and hepatitis has been able to contact only one-third of at-risk patients.
Six children dead after adenovirus outbreak at long-term care facility in New Jersey
Health officials in New Jersey are investigating a severe outbreak of adenovirus that has caused the death of six medically fragile children