(AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)Shifts in federal recommendations may have you confused. Long-standing science shows that vaccinations cut your risk
(AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)Shifts in federal recommendations may have you confused. Long-standing science shows that vaccinations cut your risk
(AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)Religious exemptions increase
(NJ Spotlight News)Days after president calls for relaxed federal immunization standards, NJ pediatrician says parents' trust at risk
(AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)The governor’s budget proposal coincides with measles cases in NJ and a drop in vaccination rates
(AP Photo/Seth Wenig)While the threat is far lower, it has not disappeared

Health commissioner’s advice is to get vaccinated and ‘get to like your mask’

Lockdowns and restricted visits at 124 long-term care facilities because of COVID-19 outbreaks

Attorney Ben Widener discusses likelihood of legal challenges to such mandates

One expert says if the test is deemed not medically necessary, you could be responsible for a deductible and copay

NJ Department of Health is updating visiting guidelines for long-term care facilities.
(NJ Spotlight News)NJ inmates will be allowed to have visitors after the program was suspended due to the pandemic.

Rutgers pediatric director says fewer children getting vaccinated puts public health at risk: 'If that percentage drops, it leaves us all open to the illness ...

2019 was not without significant accomplishments in Trenton, but legislators still have work to do on some big issues important to New Jersey residents.
NJ Spotlight NewsThe New Jersey Department of Health released an alert regarding a measles exposure at Newark Airport on May 8.

A majority of lawmakers in the Assembly Health Committee voted to advance a bill that shrinks a loophole for religious exemptions for mandatory vaccinations.

Protect Me with 3+ is an annual contest that gives students the opportunity to raise awareness about immunizations among pre-teens and teenagers.