Between Oct. 1, 2024, and May 17, an estimated 47 million to 82 million people contracted the flu, with hundreds of thousands hospitalized and 27,000 to 130,000 deaths, including 266 children — the highest number of pediatric deaths reported in any non-pandemic...
Nearly half of adolescents and young adults with lingering symptoms of concussion suffer from eye coordination disorders that cause double and blurred vision, headaches and difficulties concentrating. “These conditions make it hard to read books, work on a computer or...
New Jersey has the tenth-highest rate of cancer incidence rate in the United States. The second leading cause of death in New Jersey, thousands of residents die from preventable cancers each year. NJ FamilyCare, the state’s Medicaid program insuring more than 1.8...
Roughly 150,000 New Jersey residents have intellectual or developmental disabilities that hinder their ability to communicate with health care providers. But a pilot program from Rutgers Health has demonstrated that training can improve care for this vulnerable...
CenteringPregnancy is a prenatal care model combining education and individual health assessments in group settings for women at similar stages of pregnancy. A new evaluation by the Rutgers School of Public Health demonstrates that Centering fosters important social...
