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Jun 03, 2021, 12:11 ET First Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine Commencement Ceremony to Send Graduates into Residencies

Eighteen students from the first class of the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine will graduate this evening – and start their medical careers....

Apr 01, 2021, 09:00 ET Hackensack Meridian Health's Center for Discovery and Innovation Develops Advanced Test to Track and Diagnose COVID-19 Variants

Experts at the Hackensack Meridian Center for Discovery and Innovation (CDI) have developed a high-throughput test that can detect multiple variants...

Mar 11, 2021, 15:32 ET Hackensack Meridian Health CEO Robert C. Garrett Signs CEO Action Pledge to Support Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives

Hackensack Meridian Health, New Jersey's largest and most comprehensive health network, is proud to announce that CEO Robert C. Garrett signed the...

Mar 10, 2021, 12:30 ET Hackensack Meridian Health Publication: COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma with Greater Antibody Levels is Safe and Shows Promise

Convalescent plasma, the use of survivors' antibodies transfused into sick COVID-19 patients is safe and significantly improves clinical outcomes...

Mar 04, 2021, 09:00 ET Hackensack Meridian Health Marks One Year of Treating COVID-19 Patients, Serving Communities and Honoring Lives Lost

Hackensack Meridian Health, New Jersey's largest and most comprehensive health network, remembered those lost to COVID-19 and honored heroic...

Mar 03, 2021, 13:46 ET Comedian Presents "Tracy Morgan Award for Excellence in Rehabilitation Nursing" to JFK Johnson Nurse Dedicated to Healing Patients with Brain Injuries

Actor and comedian Tracy Morgan presented the "Tracy Morgan Award for Excellence in Rehabilitation Nursing" to a nurse who has been working to heal...

Feb 24, 2021, 16:04 ET Hackensack Meridian Health Opens Addiction Treatment Center to Expand Access to Behavioral Health Care and Innovate Treatment

Hackensack Meridian Health, New Jersey's largest and most integrated health system, is proud to announce the opening of the first phase of The...

Feb 04, 2021, 10:00 ET Hackensack Meridian Health Awarded $5.5 Million by Department of Defense to Continue Convalescent Plasma Work for COVID-19

Researchers and clinical experts at Hackensack Meridian Health, New Jersey's largest and most comprehensive health network, were awarded Department...

Sep 29, 2020, 09:30 ET Hackensack Meridian CDI Scientists Find One-Two Punch Working Against Stubborn Pancreatic Cancer in Preclinical Models

A one-two punch of changing gene expression, then deploying immune checkpoint inhibitors, shows promise in battling one of the most...

Sep 14, 2020, 17:55 ET Introducing Braven Health: A New Way to Health for Medicare Eligible New Jerseyans

In a continuing effort to advance healthcare innovation in New Jersey, three of the state's health care leaders are announcing Braven HealthSM, a...

Aug 27, 2020, 17:21 ET Hackensack Meridian Health Enrolling Individuals for COVID-19 Vaccine Clinical Trial

Hackensack Meridian Health, New Jersey's largest and most comprehensive health network which treated more COVID-19 patients than any other health...

Aug 19, 2020, 13:00 ET Hackensack Meridian Health Observational Study Identifies Drug that Improves Survival in Sickest COVID-19 Patients

Researchers at Hackensack Meridian Health, New Jersey's largest and most comprehensive health network, have utilized its statewide observational...

Jul 31, 2020, 11:00 ET Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine Receives Prestigious American Hospital Association Award for Community Health Work

Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine is pleased to announce it has won the prestigious NOVA Award from the American Hospital Association –...

Jul 16, 2020, 10:00 ET Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine Reaches Major Milestone and Operates as Independent School

Hackensack Meridian Health and Seton Hall University have announced that the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine has been established as an...

Jul 16, 2020, 09:00 ET Hackensack Meridian Health Opens New Jersey's First Center Dedicated to Helping COVID-19 Patients After Recovery

Hackensack Meridian Health has opened New Jersey's first and only center dedicated to assisting COVID-19 patients after recovering from the infection....

Jul 14, 2020, 10:00 ET Hackensack Meridian CDI has Struck a COVID-19 Research Collaboration with Merck

The Hackensack Meridian Center for Discovery and Innovation (CDI) has struck a research collaboration with Merck to investigate drugs for treating...

Jun 29, 2020, 11:00 ET Hackensack Meridian CDI Scientists Uncover Signposts in DNA that Pinpoint Risks for Cancers and other Diseases

By sequencing entire genomes for DNA modifications, and analyzing both cancer tissues and healthy ones, Hackensack Meridian Health researchers and...

Jun 05, 2020, 08:45 ET Memorial Sloan Kettering - Hackensack Meridian Health Partnership Announces Funding for Inaugural Immunology Research Collaboration Projects

As part of the Memorial Sloan Kettering – Hackensack Meridian Health Partnership, the two organizations have formed an Immunology Research...

Jun 04, 2020, 10:00 ET Hackensack Meridian Health COVID-19 Research Published in Major Journals in First Wave of Pandemic

Clinicians from Hackensack Meridian Health, the state's largest and most comprehensive health network, have published a list of papers in major...

May 27, 2020, 11:20 ET Hackensack Meridian Health Observational Study Demonstrates Lack of Efficacy of Hydroxychloroquine Among Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients But Finds First Treatment (tocilizumab) to Improve Survival

Hackensack Meridian Health, New Jersey's largest and most comprehensive health network, has utilized its large observational database of more than...

May 26, 2020, 11:31 ET Hackensack Meridian Health Administers Treatment to 1,000th Patient in COVID-19 Clinical Trials

Hackensack Meridian Health, the state's largest and most comprehensive health network, has reached a major milestone in its COVID-19 research: 1,000...

May 19, 2020, 11:43 ET Hackensack Meridian Health Invests in EpiBone, Inc., A Regenerative Medicine Company

Hackensack Meridian Health has invested in EpiBone, Inc., a biotechnology company targeting the growth of personalized bone and cartilage grafts...

Apr 25, 2020, 11:11 ET As the Health Care Workers Face Extraordinary and Unprecedented Emotional Challenges, Hackensack Meridian Health Offers Spiritual Care for Team Members in Response to COVID-19

If there was ever a time when health care workers needed a spiritual lift, it's right now. Day after day, caregivers are experiencing a level of...

Apr 24, 2020, 17:21 ET Hackensack Meridian Health Develops RE-COV-RY (Real world Evidence - COVid-RegistrY) to Study the Effects of COVID-19 and Releases Key Findings on Hypertension and ACE/ARB Treatments

Hackensack Meridian Health, New Jersey's largest and most comprehensive health network, conducted an observational real world study of more than...

Apr 10, 2020, 10:00 ET Hackensack Meridian Health Studying the Blood of COVID-19 Survivors

Researchers and clinical experts at Hackensack Meridian Health, New Jersey's largest and most comprehensive health network, are looking into the...