Health & Wellness

Button batteries that power some remotes, flame-less candles, watches, and hearing aids can be a major household hazard to young children because the little power cells can be swallowed and wreck havoc with their insides.

This is the stinging season, when biting and stinging insects can victimize the unwary.

You may not look at a television in your home and consider it dangerous, but, more than 17,000 children are treated in emergency rooms across the country each year for a TV-related injury.

You're on vacation at the Jersey Shore, what can possibly go wrong?

There's a nasty stomach bug hitting New Jersey and six other states and it has sickened nearly 300 people.

As overdose deaths from heroin and prescription drugs continue to rise, a New Jersey lawmaker has introduced legislation to toughen the state's existing prescription drug monitoring program.

Even if you're not a big baseball fan, you've probably heard that former National League MVP Ryan Braun has been suspended for the rest of the season in connection with the MLB's probe into performance enhancing drugs (PEDS). Many feel the Yankees' Alex Rodriguez is next.

Even with stepped-up education and law enforcement efforts in recent years, heroin overdoses continue to rise in New Jersey - so what's going on?

There's no sign of the West Nile Virus and nothing out of the ordinary when it comes to the state's mosquito control efforts.

In response to the spike of over dose deaths in Ocean County, largely attributed to heroin and prescription drugs, 10th District legislators are proposing two bills aimed at strengthening drug laws.