Public Health

Aqua has taken two wells offline due to elevated levels of potentially harmful chemicals.

School vaccination laws took a long time to take root. Today, every state has one. Here’s how that happened.

The LGBTQ and #MeToo movements are shifting our cultural attitudes. Is what we teach in the classroom shifting, too?

Medical waste has once again washed ashore on some New Jersey beaches. 

The Natural Cycles app instructs women to take their temperature at the same time every morning when they awake and record it in the app.

Three New Jersey beaches are under swimming advisories Tuesday due to elevated bacteria counts. 

Inmates at prisons across the U.S. are expected to stage a two-week strike beginning Tuesday to demand better living conditions and prison reform.

Patients using medication-assisted treatments slowly being accepted into group recovery homes.

Federal officials will accept public feedback on the plan for the former Hercules plant in Gibbstown until Aug. 28.

It's a historic day in Seaside Heights but not for a good reason. 

Monday’s torrential rain that dropped nearly six inches of rain in some New Jersey coastal areas is responsible for numerous beach ...

Monsanto has consistently denied that glyphosate-based herbicides cause cancer.

The state earned good marks for enacting smoke-free laws and increased access to Medicaid.

A recent report, “Get the Lead Out,” gave Pennsylvania an F for having no requirements that schools address lead in drinking water.

The difference between education and enforcement