Health

The health insurance market for employees of New Jersey small businesses is in distress and likely to get worse due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report released this month by the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute.

Gov. Phil Murphy on Wednesday ordered that people wear face coverings while in outdoor public areas and social distancing isn't possible.

The executive order does appear to carry a monetary penalty for non-compliance.

According to Alan Hyde, distinguished professor of law at Rutgers Law School in Newark, coronavirus liability waivers are pointless.

The specific lot of Natural Balance cat food recalled has a range of possible side effects from nausea and vomiting to irregular heartbeat an even death.

Summer in New Jersey can be hot enough. During summer 2020, in the face of a global pandemic, residents are being urged to wear masks and face coverings in order to stem the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19.

The state Department of Health on Tuesday issued guidelines that will allow hospital visits to resume.

Travel and tourism industries say New Jersey should spend as much as $75 million from its federal COVID-19 funds on ad campaigns urging visits to the state.

Responsible for a halt to all activities in several bodies of water across New Jersey last summer, harmful algal blooms are prompting additional advisories as the state enters the hottest months of the year.

It seems unrealistic for most schools to have all students in attendance and meet social distancing rules. Hybrid approach with some virtual learning likely.

Thousands of probable and confirmed cases of Lyme disease, an illness transmitted by the deer tick, are recorded in New Jersey on a yearly basis.

One-third of residents in NJ’s developmental centers have contracted COVID-19, and 173 people in those centers or other settings have died.