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
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.
Do they have HIV? Unsanitary surgery center’s patients left waiting for results
Former patients at HealthPlus Surgery Center in Saddle Brook, New Jersey, waited to learn whether they contracted HIV or hepatitis.
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