Public Health

In rural and unincorporated parts of fast-growing Sussex County, 98,000 residents rely on private wells. In many areas, the water is tainted, undrinkable.

Saturday's Lunar New Year celebrations were dampened in China by fears over the coronavirus outbreak and travel restrictions affecting 46 million people.

Inovio Pharmaceuticals received a grant to support development of a vaccine against the recently emerged strain of coronavirus.

The collaboration seeks to combine Jefferson's clinical expertise with the work already being done to educate autism professionals at Saint Joseph's Kinney Center for Autism

Five chemical companies have been accused of contaminating many areas of New Jersey with toxic PFAS chemicals.

The PFT is suing the school district over its handling of mold, lead and asbestos problems inside several school buildings over the last few years.

The state used to cover a third of costs and now pays for a fourth of what districts spend on services for students with disabilities.

McClure was initially closed on Dec. 19, along with Carnell Elementary, following the discovery of damaged and thus potentially dangerous asbestos in both schools.

A Middletown man was arrested on charges of tossing an incendiary device outside the clinic near the University of Delaware in Newark.

An October ruling that what would become the 1st U.S. supervised injection site did not violate the “crackhouse statute” was too narrow to close the case.

The hospital routinely failed to sanitize the equipment it used to prepare donor breast milk, according to a state health department report released Monday.

Enduring opioid epidemic, rising cost of prescription drugs and of health care overall are set to remain big issues for patients, providers and state officials.

We asked outspoken doctors and health advocates to give us their Top 7 messages to women for 2020. Here's what they said.

A social impact-minded landlord is offering telemedicine services to tenants in Philadelphia buildings.

Dean Pagan has become a poster child for toxic conditions in Philly schools. But can his family sue the district for damages?