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- Pallone Promotes Generic Drugs to Curb Rising Cost of Prescription Meds
- Proposals are aimed at easing development of generic medications, reducing protection of brand-name patents, and improving transparency of drug development process
- Compromise Plan to Boost Oversight of Public-Worker Health Benefits
- Appointment of independent monitor would allow for ongoing, regular auditing of billions that state pays annually for claims — Sen. Sarlo
- Considering Safe-Injection Sites to Blunt Impact of Opioid Epidemic
- Opposition expected, but proponents see an effective antidote to the ‘staggering’ toll taken by illegal use of narcotics
- Mental Health Education Starting in Kindergarten?
- State lawmakers to vote today on measures that would require school curriculum to include age-appropriate lessons on mental health
- Lawmakers Seek to Improve Care of Developmentally Disabled
- Assembly committee approves ‘bill of rights’ for family members and a study of how caregivers and emergency personnel respond during a crisis
- Stable State Funding, But New Requirements for NJ Hospitals
- While their stream of state money will remain steady, hospitals will have to instigate policy reforms focused on improving patient care
- Murphy’s Budget Plan Gives Massive Boost to Community-Based Services
- Advocates praise governor’s proposal to increase ‘long overdue’ funding to improve services for people with disabilities
- The Challenge of Improving Life in NJ for Adults with Developmental Disabilities
- As more intellectually and developmentally disabled adults live into their senior years, how ready is New Jersey to offer them the support they need?
- Dementia in Adults with Down Syndrome Causing Caregiver Crisis
- Caregivers form support group. ‘The medical profession, even now, isn’t helpful,’ said one organizer of the group
- NJ Joins Multistate Lawsuit to Block Changes to Federal Title X Rule
- Nearly 100,000 low-income women in Garden State rely on family healthcare providers, many of which can’t survive without Title X funding
- Health Benefit Savings Play Big Role in Murphy’s Proposal
- Governor says 2020 budget projects $1.1 billion in savings, largely from spending on employee healthcare
- Camden City EMS Reports More Calls, Quicker Response Times in 2018
- Three years after taking over from Virtua, Cooper is meeting national benchmark for timeliness
- NJ Congress Members Translate Pledges for ACA Protection into Plans
- Among action items, bills that would safeguard consumers against ‘junk’ insurance plans, dedicate $10 billion for state reinsurance programs
- Flu Threat Continues in New Jersey, Along with Calls to Vaccinate
- With some time to go before flu season ends, health officials say it’s not too late to get the vaccine
- Could Registry of Adverse Reactions to Vaccinations Separate Fear from Fact?
- No parent wants to endanger their child, but anxiety about inoculations lingers despite scientific evidence to the contrary
- GOP Lawmakers Seek Ban on E-Cigarette Possession by Minors
- A bid to quell an ‘alarming’ growth in the use of e-cigarettes and other vaping devices by New Jersey kids
- Lawmakers Seek to Cut ‘Excess’ Pharmacy Charges
- Senate passes bill that would prevent insurers from levying copayments higher than the cash price of a medication
- Federal Changes to Funding of Family Planning Spark Outrage in NJ
- Trump administration’s new rules would place further restrictions on how organizations in receipt of Title X money could operate
- NJ Moves Closer to Joining Multi-State Licensing Pact for Nurses
- By 2030, the workforce in New Jersey is estimated to fall some 11,400 nurses short of the demand for their services
- Non-Medical Measures to Improve Public Health: What Works?
- New Jersey has many programs in place, but which are worth spending the most state money — and time — on?
- On Deck: An Effort to Make Student Athletes Aware of Addiction Risks
- Studies show an elevated risk of opioid addiction for student athletes from injuries suffered in football and other high-contact sports
- Gauging How Family, Community Impact Children’s Mental Health
- Rutgers-Camden study pinpoints childhood trauma as likely source of anxiety, depression, suggests healthy family life, civic engagement can mitigate problems
- Safety Concerns Prompt Lawmakers to Mull Sales Ban on ‘Baby Walkers’
- More than 230,000 children were treated for injuries over 24 years; industry notes safety record is improving
- State to Launch Local Needle Exchanges, Enhance Services at Current Sites
- DOH says plans part of broad multiagency strategy to foster syringe-access programs, other offerings across New Jersey
- Lawmakers Seek to Close Gap in Mail-Order Vape Sales
- Assemblyman ‘unapologetic’ about the latest effort to curb nicotine addiction, especially among young New Jerseyans
- Big Push to Make Medicaid in New Jersey More Effective and Efficient
- State officials, policy experts and philanthropists team up to make changes that have been under discussion for a long time
- Aid-in-Dying Legislation Advances After Passionate Testimony Pro and Con
- Strong disagreement over measure that would allow physicians in New Jersey to prescribe lethal doses of medication to certain patients with less than six months to live
- Lawmakers Move to End Religious Exemption for Mandatory Vaccinations
- Amended bill, which must still pass Assembly and Senate, would only let children skip immunizations based on medical reasons. Opponents say it erodes personal rights
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