Health

New Jersey saw a decline of nearly five percentage points, outpacing downward trend in many states.

The Murphy administration has kept its pledge to create a new district-by-district clearinghouse for information on lead contamination in New Jersey schools’ drinking water.

When Lorraine Griggs' father was diagnosed with prostate cancer, he was treated with 35 rounds of radiation, though he had a long list of other serious issues.

Ublester Rodriguez could not have anticipated that his life would be profoundly changed by kitchen and bathroom countertops.

The aim: for state employees to understand and respond to trauma’s effects, to lessen its impact and build resilience in children and adults.

Pennsylvania is one of three states where high school football enrollment is not in decline.

When it comes to global health, the world has made remarkable strides over the past two decades.

The work is dirty, dangerous ...and thankless. Sanitation workers in lower-income countries often endure grueling conditions to perform their duties.

People with severe but stable heart disease from clogged arteries may have less chest pain but it won’t cut their risk of having a heart attack after the procedure is done.

When Obama signed the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act in 2009, it gave government regulators an important new weapon in its battle against Big Tobacco.

The approval was seen as a blow to the vaping industry in New Jersey, which argued against the prohibition and claimed it could have unintended consequences.

A former Hahnemann residency program director is warning that residents may be left without malpractice insurance to cover their time at the hospital.

Secretary Robert Wilkie, on a recent visit to Philly, said it’s important to recognize signs of mental illness while service members are on active duty.

The Germantown Avenue shop had cameos in “Creed” and “This Is Us.” It’s expected to reopen soon.

The newest faculty member at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences has a great smile ― and likes to be scratched behind the ears.