A New Jersey student has said he is barred from taking online classes at Rutgers University because he has not received a COVID-19 vaccine. Logan Hollar, 22, told the New Jersey Star-Advance newspaper that he largely ignored the school’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate because his “classes were remote” and he attended them online from his home…

Former New Jersey Assembly Member Jack Ciattarelli won the state’s gubernatorial primary on June 8. He will face New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy in the general election in November. Ciattarelli defeated former Somerset County Freeholder Brian Levine, pastor Phil Rizzo and businessman and perennial candidate Hirsh Singh. With 99 percent of the precincts reporting, Ciatterelli earned 49.6 percent of the…

A research professor at Rutgers University who developed the first saliva test for the CCP virus “died unexpectedly,” according to the university. Andrew Brooks, 51, died on Jan. 23, the university said, adding that he “led the creation of the first coronavirus saliva-based test, which received FDA emergency approval last spring and has played a significant role…