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Rod Donovan, a New Jersey beekeeper and retired Holy name employee has established two beehives in the garden located on Holy Name Medical Center's rooftop.
The Monkeypox infection is unlikely to turn into a pandemic. Dr. Suraj Saggar, Chief of Infectious Disease explains how Monekypox is similar to smallpox which we have stopped immunizing against a few decades ago. Since we have accessible treatments, vaccines, and anti-virals the medical profession does not believe this will be a pandemic.
Dr. Suraj Saggar, Chief of Infectious Disease explains the benefits of having tests that can quickly and accurately identify Covid variants in order to help doctors know which therapies to provide to their patients.
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Dr. Jonathan Dominguez describes how family medicine has changed over the years and how it’s become an integral to tracking a family’s medical history.
The Scholarship Fund for Inner-City Children raised more than $450,000 — meeting and exceeding its target goal — to fund partial tuition assistance scholarships for underprivileged students attending Archdiocese of Newark Catholic schools at its annual gala in West Orange’s Pleasantdale Chateau on May 11.
This year’s gala honored leaders within the archdiocese for their commitment to Catholic education including Michael Maron, President and CEO of Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says the number of unexplained cases of hepatitis in children is continuing to increase. Dr. Suraj Saggar, Chief of Infectious Disease shares what may have caused the uptick in cases.
Teaneck and Ridgewood are towns in New Jersey that are just minutes from each other. Yet when it came to the COVID pandemic, they were worlds apart when it came to illness and death, illustrating the persistent racial gap in the burden from the disease. Throughout the pandemic, the novel coronavirus has continued to disproportionately burden predominantly Black cities and towns across the United States, according to federal and state-level analyses of COVID-19 data.
Holy Name is the only hospital in New Jersey to treat patients with the hunova, an innovative technology Holy Name officials are integrated into physical therapy for patients who struggle with balance due to orthopedic injuries and for patients with chronic neurological illnesses, such as multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's disease.
Dr. Suraj Saggar, Chief of Infectious Disease discusses how Monkeypox originated, how communities can protect themselves and how ring vaccination works
NJ residents prompted to get the covid vaccine due to a bump in positive cases within the Northeast. Holy Name's Chief of Infectious Disease, Dr. Suraj Saggar explains why the uptick is happening and how residents can prevent serious illness.
