Health & Science

Births are a high-risk, low-return part of the health business. The city’s hospitals rallied together a decade ago. Is a new challenge ahead?

A lack of diversity has persisted for years in the U.S, limiting patients' access to potentially effective new drugs and therapies.

Artificial intelligence has seen huge advances in the last decade, very notably in the technology of natural language processing. NLP has ...

Gov. Phil Murphy said Wednesday that smaller sites can handle the dwindling demand for vaccines.

Intelligent machines will play a much larger role in the future than they do now, and we’re trying to imagine that future as we’re ra ...

Of the 50,000 COVID-19 cases diagnosed since the start of the year, 99.3% of the patients were unvaccinated people.

Leaving the French Open, Osaka says she's suffered long bouts of depression since 2018. Top athletes praised her bravery and decried systems that don't give athletes support.

Biden's budget follows through on a campaign promise to overturn the Hyde Amendment, a longstanding ban on federal funding for most abortions.

The gritty strip of Northeast Boulevard is targeted for comprehensive redevelopment. The Produce Spot emerged ‘organically’ when two sisters went into business.

Pennsylvania has started spraying insecticide on spotted lanternflies, a new strategy that state officials are using in an attempt to slow the spread of the invasive pest.

Starting Monday, restaurants and businesses no longer have capacity limits or physical distancing requirements.

If you have certain conditions, or are taking certain medications, parts of your immune system may function less effectively. Here’s what we know.

Until recently, plants from only one U.S. facility were approved for use in research. Adding new suppliers will accelerate understanding of cannabis' health effects.

Marcia Fudge was selected Thursday to chair the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness, which is coordinating the government's response.

The “Shots At The Shore” campaign will offer free vaccinations Saturday and Sunday at Sandy Hook, Long Branch and Asbury Park.