Health & Wellness

The latest moves would expand by tens of millions the number of Americans eligible for boosters and formally allow “mixing and matching” of shots — making it simpler to get another dose.

The national rate for the 10-to-17 age group is 16.2%, or roughly one in six.

You're typically given a couple of weeks to make your decision, whether or not you know what you're reading.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, New Jersey has the third highest rate of pediatric cancer in the nation.

Cracks of structural racism in New Jersey's foundation have evolved into earthquakes during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report released by the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice.

You're not vaccinated, so you can't come. That's not an easy conversation to have.

The trouble is, a change in behavior for a teenager isn't automatically a sign of suicidal ideation.

Two fathers who lost children to suicide are the main reason New Jersey's teachers have been required for years to receive training in the area of suicide prevention on a regular basis.

"They hear negative comments from their families, they hear it from school, they hear it from the community, they hear it from society," William Placek (he/him), president of PFLAG Jersey Shore, told New Jersey 101.5.

In New Jersey, suicide is the third-leading cause of death among youth between 10 and 24 years of age, statistics show.