Health Care

A prominent Florida eye doctor once accused of bribing Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey received a 17-year sentence Thursday for stealing $73 million from Medicare.

As of Wednesday, 87 Delaware inmates have been diagnosed with the flu within the past two to three weeks.

It's the first bill that Gov. Phil Murphy has signed into law since succeeding Republican Chris Christie last month.

The state is asking recipients to treat more than 900 new individuals across three counties during the first 12 months of launching the model of care in the state.

The New Jersey Legislature is considering creating a confidential registry of newborns diagnosed with sickle cell trait.

'Having everyone, as many people in insurance as possible, makes it more affordable for everyone,' bill sponsor says.

The free clinic, in its fourth month, is packed into a side room of Henrietta Johnson Medical Center on New Castle Road.

Scientists have found a correlation between medical students engaging in the arts and humanities and showing qualities of openness, wisdom and empathy.

Noonan, who will begin her role next month, is a lawyer who has worked with the Camden Coalition as a consultant through PolicyLab, a research arm of CHOP.

Facing terminal cancer, an undocumented immigrant must decide if access to life-extending medicine is worth the increased risk of deportation.

If a national version of this bill is approved, terminally ill patients could try experimental treatments that have completed some testing but don’t yet have FDA approval.

The measure bans abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy — with exceptions for cases of rape or incest or when continuing the pregnancy would put a woman’s life at risk.

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Behavioral Health practitioners nationwide have used the registry’s list of hundreds of evidence-based practices as the industry standard for what works.

Gov. John Carney and state legislators announced a bill Tuesday that would offer 12 weeks paid maternity or paternity leave to full-time state employees.