Judy Persichilli Archives - New Jersey Globe

Kaitlan Baston to be nominated as next N.J. health commissioner

July 25, 2023 1:20 pm

With New Jersey Health Commissioner Judy Persichilli departing state government next month, Gov. Phil Murphy announced today that he will nominate addiction medicine specialist Kaitlan Baston to replace her. “The Department plays a vital role in protecting the public’s health,...

Persichilli, Murphy both hesitant to declare pandemic over

September 28, 2022 4:25 pm

President Joe Biden said last week that “the pandemic is over,” but two of New Jersey’s top leaders on Covid – Gov. Phil Murphy and Health Commissioner Judy Persichilli – are both reluctant to agree with such a sweeping statement....

Two years on, regular Covid briefings come to an end

March 4, 2022 3:11 pmMarch 4, 2022 3:14 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy held what may have been his final regular Covid briefing today, bringing to an end two years’ and more than 250 briefings’ worth of Covid-related news, updates, and directives. “This anniversary [of the state’s first confirmed Covid...

Regular Covid briefings to end next Friday

February 23, 2022 3:54 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy announced today that his administration’s regular Covid briefings will come to an end next Friday, March 4, two years after the first case of Covid was recorded in New Jersey. “With the Omicron tsunami continuing to swiftly...

Omicron surge brings grim increase in child Covid deaths

January 24, 2022 4:05 pm

Health Commissioner Judy Persichilli announced today that the state has received reports of four Covid-related deaths among children in the month since Christmas, making up fully one-third of the 12 Covid-related pediatric deaths registered since the pandemic began. According to...

Murphy deploys National Guard to assist nursing homes

January 6, 2022 5:50 pm

The New Jersey National Guard will be deployed to boost staffing shortages at long-term care facilities, Gov. Phil Murphy announced on Thursday as part of the state’s Joint Task Force COVID Guardian. The assignment will involve about 150 soldiers and...

Persichilli and Murphy promote boosters, cautious optimism ahead of Thanksgiving

November 22, 2021 4:40 pm

With the state recently opening booster vaccine eligibility to all residents over 18, Gov. Phil Murphy and Commissioner of the Department of Health Judy Persichilli today urged New Jerseyans to get their booster shots, and more broadly to act with...