New studies show COVID-19 vaccines protect health care workers and their households (video)
New studies show that, even as cases of COVID-19 surged in the general population, infections among vaccinated health care workers dropped significantly.
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Local 5089 UH Membership Meeting, Wednesday, March 24
HPAE has scheduled membership meetings tomorrow, Wednesday, March 24th at 9:30 am and 8:30pm via zoom.
HPAE Statement on Gov. Murphy's Budget Announcement
After years of underfunding, we applaud Governor Murphy and Treasurer Muoio for taking strides to invest in NJ's public health infrastructure. Our state can no longer afford to neglect infectious disease prevention programs.
‘It decimated our staff’: Covid ravages Black and brown health workers in US
Covid-19 has taken an outsized toll on Black and Hispanic Americans – and those disparities extend to medical workers
Meet the nurse who was the first person in N.J. to get a COVID-19 vaccine
Beniquez was the first of 80 healthcare workers slated to receive their first dose of the vaccine at University Hospital on Tuesday, the beginning of the state’s latest chapter in fighting a virus that has killed more than 17,000 of
HPAE Statements on UH nurse receiving the first COVID-19 vaccine
Healthcare workers have faced greater risks and rates of exposure throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. We are grateful that an HPAE nurse, working in the Emergency Room at University Hospital, was the first to be vaccinated in New Jersey.
NJ.com Special Report: Crossroads of a plague
The worst pandemic in a century has ravaged Newark and its Black community. It was a tragedy decades in the making.
University Hospital strikes contract deals with union leadership through 2021
University Hospital in Newark – the only state-owned hospital and one of three Level One trauma centers in New Jersey – said Tuesday it finalized a contract deal with nine separate unions representing a combined 3,300 employees.
Second Covid-19 wave could turn cracks in the hospital system into 'earthquakes'
There were 300 patients being treated for Covid-19, filling hospital rooms and spilling out into the halls of the emergency room. The trauma center, once used for gunshot wounds and car crash victims, was now filled with people on ventilators.
Join The Fight to Preserve Funding for University Hospital and Public Healthcare in NJ!
University Hospital in Newark was front and center as the premier academic medical center responding to the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. Unfortunately, the Revised FY2021 state budget cut funding to Charity Care and NJ’s safety net hospital, University Hospital.
University Hospital helped during COVID-19. Now, we need to support this facility.
University Hospital in Newark was front and center as the premier academic medical center responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. The hospital performed the function it always has for our state: it cared for and treated everyone who walked in through
Local 5089 UH Updates: NJ Workers' Comp Benefits & UH Funding
Governor Murphy signed a new bill into law on Tuesday, September 15th which allows members that contracted CoVid-19 while working at UH are now eligible to claim Workers’ Comp benefits retroactive to March 9, 2020.