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YWCA Northern New Jersey Partners with Ulta Beauty to Uplift Young Women Through Wellness and STEM
OCTOBER 21, 2025 – YWCA Northern New Jersey (YWCANNJ), in partnership with Ulta Beauty Charitable Foundation, is proud to announce its participation in Pretty Empowered, a nationwide initiative that took place on Oct. 18, 2025, designed to inspire...

New Jersey Claims Amazon Discriminated Against Pregnant, Disabled Workers
The state of New Jersey sued Amazon.com on Wednesday, accusing the company of unlawfully refusing workplace accommodations to warehouse employees who have disabilities or were pregnant and firing some who asked for them. The lawsuit filed in New...

Herbal supplements were supposed to make them healthier. Instead, they got sick
Fernanda Thompson was a healthy 40-year-old when she began taking turmeric in 2020. Online, people were saying the pungent yellow spice could make everyone a little bit healthier. So she began putting half a teaspoon, about 2.5 grams, into her...

NATIONAL Fenway Health, NBC News, OUT100 list, Zohran Mamdani
NOTE: This week’s column contains a mention of rape. Boston institution Fenway Health—one of the nation’s leading providers of healthcare to queer people—will stop offering hormones and puberty blockers to trans patients younger than 19 to avoid...
Valley Health System Orthopaedic Residency Program Receives Accreditation
PARAMUS, NJ, October 21, 2025 – Valley Health System is proud to announce its Orthopaedic Residency Program has received accreditation by the American Board of Physical Therapy Residency and Fellowship Education (ABPTRFE). Valley’s program is the...

The clash between the federal government and states over vaccine policy is ‘unprecedented,’ Villanova health law professor says
Villanova professor Ana Santos Rutschman would describe the current state of vaccine policy as a game of chess. When the federal government does something, some states — primarily Democratic-led states including Pennsylvania — respond immediately...

Local opinion: Project Blue must not be allowed to threaten health
The following is the opinion and analysis of the writer: Sharmila Dey Earlier this year, a developer tried to land a contract with the City of Tucson to build a data center under the name “Project Blue.” The proposal was for a 290-acre complex,...

Arseny Gritsyuk Scores First Career Goal As New Jersey Devils Defeat Minnesota Wild, 4-1
Way back in 2019, the late, great Ray Shero selected Arseny Gritsyuk in the fifth round of the NHL entry draft, 129th overall. Over the years, he developed from an intriguing dart throw in the late rounds to legit scoring winger prospect. However,...

New Jersey to Offer Free COVID-19 Vaccine Clinics for Young Children Amid Supply and Safety Debate
State health department plans to purchase Moderna pediatric doses after limited access reports. By yourNEWS Media Newsroom The New Jersey Department of Health announced plans to purchase COVID-19 vaccines for children under age three, following...

Late-Term Abortion Clinic Expected to Open in New Jersey
An abortion clinic that kills unborn babies in the latest stages of pregnancy is expected to open in New Jersey next year. New Jersey is one of nine states and D.C. that have no gestational limits on abortion. Even so, there is only a handful of...

New Jersey Attorney General files complaint accusing Amazon of discrimination
NEW JERSEY (WABC) -- A civil rights complaint is targeting Amazon, accusing the company of systematically discriminating against pregnant and disabled workers. New Jersey's Attorney General filed the complaint and is accusing the retailer of...

Monmouth Medical Center is not closing. We are re-organizing
Recent articles and social media posts regarding RWJBarnabas Health’s plans to expand Monmouth Medical Center’s globally recognized care to the Vogel Medical Campus in Tinton Falls have grossly misstated and misrepresented the facts about this...

Can Ciattarelli or Sherrill deliver on health care promises?
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Gov. Phil Murphy wielded unprecedented power never before seen in a New Jersey governor. He decided where people could gather, what businesses could operate, what surgeries could be performed, which inmates could...

Sherrill and Ciattarelli Are in Close Race for New Jersey Governor, With Half of Voters Saying Trump Is a Major Factor
The candidates are neck-and-neck on economic issues, schools, and transportation, according to a Rutgers-Eagleton poll Just weeks ahead of the Nov. 4 election, congresswoman and Democratic nominee for governor Mikie Sherrill has a five-point lead...

Newport News-based Virginia Health Services acquired by New Jersey company
Newport News-based Virginia Health Services, a senior health care staple in southeastern Virginia for the past 62 years, was acquired in September. Virginia Health Services said the new ownership is through VHS Consulting Services, a limited...

Amazon Faces 2 Lawsuits In New Jersey Over Worker Rights
Prosecutors allege that Amazon exploited delivery drivers, and tried to drive away pregnant employees and workers with disabilities. Posted Wed, Oct 22, 2025 at 2:35 pm ET|Updated Wed, Oct 22, 2025 at 4:45 pm ET New Jersey has slapped Amazon with...

Baby humpback whale meets tragic end off New Jersey coast in suspected propeller strike
A boat collided with a whale off the Jersey Shore on Saturday, killing the 20-foot animal and throwing one passenger overboard. (Credit: Kim Mancini) NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A baby humpback whale stranded off Long Beach Island,...

Idris Elba’s new film ‘A House of Dynamite’ thrills audiences and features New Jersey locations
A nuclear missile has been launched at the U.S. by an unidentified source and the world scrambles to avert catastrophic results. That serves as a riveting plot for the recently released “A House of Dynamite”, the near nuclear war thriller offered...

KISS guitarist Ace Frehley's death under investigation by New Jersey examiner after tragic fall
Ace Frehley's death is under investigation ( Image: AFP via Getty Images) A week after the tragic death of Ace Frehley, a New Jersey medical examiner has decided to investigate the death. The KISS guitarist, 74, died after a fatal fall, which led...

"Infectious Diseases Are Killing Deer And Risking Rural US Economies"
"Climate crisis contributing to spread of diseases as hunting industry takes a hit from growing number of dead deer" "When landowner and hunter James Barkhurst went scouting his property about a month ago to assess the local deer population ahead...