Department of Health

The lead attorney representing a New Jersey class action suit said the new announced policy still falls short of informed consent by parents.

New Jersey health officials used an unlikely mascot in a public awareness message about cutting down on norovirus cases.

2023 was a rough year for several Western New York restaurants, as they racked up dozens of health code violations last year.

Health officials are sounding the alarm after a wild animal with a virus that can kill humans attacked two people in the Hudson Valley.

A case of Hepatitis has reportedly been confirmed among the restaurant's staff.

Clusters of pneumonia hospitalizations among child patients in other countries have health officials on guard in New Jersey.

State officials say 20 nurses and another 26 people with temporary licenses are no longer allowed to work in the medical field, until their credentials are resolved.

Herman Walker, 91, died two weeks after being assaulted by a roommate at a Westfield facility. Clara Sutkowski, also 91, died three days after being struck by a fellow resident at a South Plainfield facility.

There's been more than 34,000 confirmed or probable deaths linked to coronavirus since COVID arrived in New Jersey in March 2020.

Health officials are watching an uptick in young patients hospitalized with severe respiratory illness, who tested positive for rhinovirus, enterovirus — or both.