Health

A bill that will help children and adults on the autism spectrum and their families has been approved unanimously by the senate in Washington.

The Partnership for a Drug Free New Jersey is hosting a town hall in Toms River, one of Ocean County's hardest hit areas, where residents and experts are invited to share their thoughts on the opioid epidemic and seek help for others or themselves.

The practice is legal, but doctors don't always use off-label drugs supported by medical evidence as effective and safe.

The e-cigarette/vaping industry has been under fire more than usual over the past several days.

For the first time, the annual report recorded adult obesity rates above 35% in nine states. As recently as 2012, that mark wasn't hit by any state.

Legislation banning flavored products is the first step towards a ban the sale of all vaping products in New Jersey, according to Senate President Steve Sweeney.

14 bodies of water in New Jersey where high levels of HAB is present leading to advisories against swimming.

Advisories remain at roughly a dozen spots around NJ, including parts of Lake Hopatcong and all of Spruce Run Reservoir.

One could argue a child's teacher may be more likely than a child's parents to spot the pop-up or beginning stages of a mental health issue.

New Jersey statistics suggest that more than 500 individuals under the age of 18 took their own lives in 2017.

Jersey’s Paid Sick Leave Act can be used to check how you child is doing at school.

An annual average of more than 930,000 New Jersey adults are living with a mental illness. How much lower could that number be today if signs of these individuals' developing disorders were caught and addressed at an early age?