Nearly 1,500 New Jersey residents died from kidney disease in 2014 alone. Males have a higher death rate than females.

The historic State House has fallen into disrepair. Can we afford to fix it? Can we afford not to? A candidate for governor slows his ...

Doctors suggest anyone who is pregnant or is trying to get pregnant should take folic acid to prevent neural tube defects.

HackensackUMC says flu rates in New Jersey are higher this year than last year, two months earlier than the typical onset.

Invoking cold war rhetoric regarding Russia. New Jersey's senior senator sends a warning to the next president. An august installation for a humble priest. The ...

There are around 75 total hospital facilities in New Jersey. A decade ago, nearly all were independent. But that’s changing as facilities are chasing economies ...

After two prior vetoes, a new pension funding plan is signed into law. Is the third time the charm? Or could the fund still come ...

A community plagued by guns and drugs presents its own proposal to take back the streets. Can neighbors fix what officials can't? Can revitalizing Camden's ...

Heart disease is still the leading cause of death in the U.S. From 2014 to 2015 death rates increased from 167 to 168.5 deaths per ...

In Tenafly, a couple hundred high school students sat in for a sobering conference focused on preventing AIDS, where doctors from Hackensack University Medical Center ...

Going cold turkey in public housing. We'll tell you the cost to health, the environment and the housing stock of kicking the smoking habit. Healing ...

A New Jersey grandfather who smoked cigarettes for 45 years and lost his voice because of it now tells school children his story to encourage ...

The governor squelches speculation Trump might ask him to leave office early. Even as he leaves the door open. Will he serve out his term? ...

Saint Peter’s Healthcare System in New Brunswick offered blood tests and nutrition counseling for World Diabetes Day to highlight the importance of early intervention and ...

Bail reform may go down in flames even before it begins. Are the courts so broke they can't afford to follow the new law? The ...

While people under age 25 make up only 5 percent of Newark’s total HIV/AIDS infected population, that age group represents more than 25 percent of ...

Donald Trump takes the hard line on immigration. How does it play with the immigrant community? What to do about all those trucks using the ...

New Jersey Department of Health Acting Commissioner Cathleen Bennett spoke at the Assembly Budget Committee hearing, discussing a variety of topics, including action taken regarding ...

Narcan, two years in. Is the program that's armed first responders with the heroin antidote been enough to prevent overdose deaths? The governor on curtailing ...

The Hyacinth AIDS Foundation's Syringe Access Program gives injecting drug users clean supplies to help prevent the spread of HIV.