Health & Science

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection announced a new initiative to encourage wearing masks in public areas.

The product faces nearly 20,000 lawsuits claiming it caused ovarian cancer or mesothelioma.

“You can study a pandemic till you’re blue in the face, but you never know what it’s going to be like until it happens.”

The novel COVID-19 vaccine was developed in the lab of Jefferson professor Matthias Schnell, an infectious disease expert.

Feds reversed an earlier plan to set a national standard for the toxic chemical, citing tough measures in two states.

Among facilities in the 5-county region with 5 or more deaths, the average infection rate was 44%; nearly half of residents tested positive, new data show.

It’s a difficult question, but no matter what the answer is, the pandemic is not going to stop anytime soon.

With thousands of more seasonal workers due to arrive in South Jersey, farmers still await Department of Health safety guidelines.

At least half the COVID-19 deaths in Pa., N.J. and Del. have been among nursing home residents. So why are some facilities knowingly letting in patients with the virus?

Veteran biologists are seeing unprecedented declines in red knots — and in horseshoe crabs.

The nation’s mental health care system is struggling to continue treating patients in spite of the coronavirus.

Kenney blamed the White House in part for spreading “ridicule and dangerous” ideas that social distancing isn’t necessary.

As efforts to test for the coronavirus and trace cases continues, medical examiners and coroners play a vital — if often unsung ― role.

The admin. falls short of official claims, has fueled some confusion on the ground, and would allow any nursing home to opt out of the robust testing suggested by the state.

Health care was long assumed to be immune from economic downturns, one expert said. This pandemic is different.