Health & Wellness

To reduce state spending more than $19 million, Gov. Phil Murphy would cut charity care and graduate medical education. That would reduce a federal match.

Even before the pandemic, 1 in 10 New Jersey adults was considered "housing unstable," either without a steady place to live or worried they'd lose it.

Social isolation, in which individuals have little or no contact with other people, can negatively affect both physical and psychological health.

You tried your best. You ate all the vitamin C. You washed your hands. And somehow you still got a cold. Tis the season after all. Whether it's got you or someone you love, it's time to get ready for one of the less pleasant parts of this time of year.

A task force appointed by Gov. Phil Murphy heard more than three hours of testimony for and against a sweeping crackdown on electronic cigarettes.

More than $540 million in illness-related costs were inflicted in New Jersey by Superstorm Sandy, according to a new report on health and climate change.

Ophthalmologists stand to gain a lot of work from the proposal but say it's an unnecessary burden on children and families. Improve screenings, they say.

A passenger now confirmed to have the disease flew into Newark on March 4, health officials said. The patient arrived from Aruba and departed for California.

In Morris County, there has been one confirmed case and one suspected case at Chatham Middle School. This follows two cases of the illness in Summit in January.

State lawmakers advanced a package of 14 bills aimed at solving a problem on the rise: New Jersey has one of the nation’s highest rates of maternal mortality.