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As COVID-19 cases increase across the country and in New Jersey, the Division of Consumer Affairs (DCA) reminds all health care practitioners of their responsibility to comply with guidelines set [...]

More than 2,000 New Jersey residents are hospitalized because of COVID-19, according to state officials. Coronavirus hospitalizations peaked at just over 8,000 in April during the first wave of [...]

A century ago, Americans weary of the 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic marked Thanksgiving with parades and parties. In some cities, throngs of people gathered in a ceremonial tossing away of [...]

About one-third of the approximately 4,000 NPs who responded to the AANP nurse practitioner survey between July 28 and August 9, report their practices are ready for surges in COVID-19 cases. The [...]

Several months ago, I wrote about the celebratory nature of the Year of the Nurse and the Midwife. Since then, the COVID-19 pandemic stopped us in our tracks. Our focus has been changed, but not [...]

Last week, Joe Biden announced members of the newly formed COVID-19 task force, a group made up entirely of doctors and health experts, signaling his commitment to using science to bring the [...]

Stevie Wonder, Celine Dion and Gloria Estefan will be among the entertainers honoring nurses in a star-studded benefit virtual concert on Thanksgiving. Nurse Heroes recently announced that the [...]

With the Thanksgiving holiday fast approaching, it is only fitting that our topic for this month is gratitude. Leading researchers in the field of positive psychology like Robert Emmons and [...]

The Partnership for a Drug Free New Jersey is accepting artwork for the design of the 2021 “Fun Things to Do Instead of Drugs” folder. The deadline to submit is December 7. This [...]

The New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH) Communicable Disease Service (CDS) invites you to join us for the U.S. Antibiotics Awareness Week (USAAW20), November 18-24, 2020. Once again, NJDOH is [...]