Seven new fixed and mobile needle exchanges to bring ‘community-driven solutions’ to residents with substance-use disorder

Murphy nominee has academic and addiction experience, but some critics say the post requires broader range of skills

Dr. Kaitlan Baston would replace Judy Persichilli, who is leaving after four years

Judy Persichilli is set to retire in August

Interview: Department of Health Commissioner Judy Persichilli

State would partner with nonprofit that pays off medical bills

Children not yet eligible for COVID-19 vaccination need to be kept safe in other ways

She will effectively swap roles with current commissioner, Shereef Elnahal, who is leaving the Murphy administration in July to become CEO of University Hospital in Newark.

A study by the American Journal of Public Health looked at the link between low income and poor health nationwide and showed a consistent pattern ...

Travel troubles, closed schools and reports of thundersnow as the Garden State gets hit again. A dangerous respiratory virus reaches high levels in parts of ...

A coalition of public health organizations has found NJ funds smoking cessation programs the least in the U.S.

A close look at New Jersey’s new attorney general. And we’ll show you protests over a proposed new pipeline in the Pinelands. Plus, inside the ...

Gov. Chris Christie's choice of Kevin O'Dowd for the state's next attorney general has been met with positive feedback.

Gay rights advocates say the time is now to legalize same-sex marriage in the Garden State. Legal hurdles could put the brakes on a plan ...

Health Commissioner Mary O'Dowd and the Council for Medical Research and Treatment of Autism awarded $4.5 million in grant money to autism organizations around New ...