Pike County COVID-19 levels the week ending March 3, 2023. ( Graphic provided.) Health. Pike COVID-19 risk levels considered low Going into the first week of March, 2023, COVID-19 risk levels in Pike County are now considered “low” according to a recent... Local News 03 Mar 2023 | 02:35
A sign in the Walgreens in West Milford, N.J., informs customers that some over-the-counter medicines for children are not available because of supplier shortages. ( Photo by Kathy Shwiff) As immunity falls, 3 threats rise As three viruses make waves across the community, local moms struggled to find fever-reducing medicine for their children... Local News 23 Dec 2022 | 02:17
Applying to college post-pandemic: What’s changed? Over two years after the beginning of the pandemic, members of the class of 2023 are left with uncertainty as they apply... Back to School 05 Aug 2022 | 02:38
Community Survey: COVID-19 infections and reactions While most recover within a few weeks, some people infected with COVID-19 end up becoming “long haulers,” who experience... Local News 07 Feb 2022 | 12:30
Covid and opioids make ‘a great storm of the worst possible things’ Covid has amplified the already aggravated, ongoing opioid crisis. During the first pandemic year, 2020, the tristate area... News 25 Jan 2022 | 06:15
Tested positive for Covid-19? Got exposed? Here’s the latest guidelines If you’ve been infected with Covid-19: The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has shortened the recommended isolation time... Home 03 Jan 2022 | 02:08
Dr. Doug Manion (left) and Mayor Sean Strub (Photos provided) ‘Ask the Doctor’ Zoom session to discuss Omicron variant and Pike County’s extremely high positivity rates Join another “Ask the Doctor” Zoom session on Monday, Dec. 13, at 5 p.m. for an update on the Covid pandemic and, in particular,... Local News 09 Dec 2021 | 12:14
Pike County Correctional Facility (Photo by Frances Ruth Harris) The jail has Covid cases, but no hospitalizations, county says Sixteen inmates at the Pike County Correctional Facility recently tested positive for Covid-19, according to Krista Gromalski,... Local News 13 Oct 2021 | 01:50
John’s of Arthur Avenue is a community-minded restaurant. This photo from 2017 shows owner Colin Smith distributing tee shirts to visitors from Devereux Tristate Adult Day Care, who were treated to lunch and some pizza-making tips (File photo by Anya Tikka) Two Milford eateries close because of Covid outbreaks Milford. Two restaurants in Milford, John’s of Arthur Avenue and Dunkin’ Donuts, have temporarily closed because of Covid-19... Local News 17 Sep 2021 | 01:21
Tick-borne diseases plus Covid-19 make for a ‘newly emerging, confusing, and deadlier infectious diseases mix’ In areas that are endemic for Lyme and related tick-borne diseases, especially during tick season (early spring to late fall),... Local News 19 May 2021 | 02:47
Easter baskets filled with self-care products from Cedar Hill Botanicals (Photo provided by Cedar Hill Botanicals) Thank the healers: Local women give ICU nurses self-care baskets They’re there every day, no matter what, risking their health for others. Two “angels” who wish to remain anonymous made sure... Local News 03 May 2021 | 06:13
Julia Corsi of Vernon Township High School models the dress she’ll be wearing to the prom this year (Photo provided) The fight for the right to prom night Senior prom is a staple of the high school experience. It’s the highlight of every teen-based TV show, book, or movie — an... Local News 19 Apr 2021 | 12:48
Pike County offers help to pandemic-afflicted renters Pike County Human Services is offering rental assistance for residents affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. The county’s Emergency... Local News 15 Apr 2021 | 06:20
Pike County Correctional Facility (Photo by Frances Ruth Harris) Medical contractor says managing prisoners’ health a challenge during Covid The Courier’s recent article “Pike jail neglects inmates’ urgent medical needs, relative says,” received some pushback. Amanda... Local News 23 Dec 2020 | 01:47
Abby Ridgeway, pictured at her job in the neuroscience department of an area hospital, says the combination of self-isolation and missing out on major life events “definitely had a negative effect” on her mental health. ‘The big monster under the bed’: How Covid is affecting mental health After eight months of Covid-induced isolation, the worst has not come to pass. “People are going to die by the thousands,”... Local News 21 Dec 2020 | 10:14
