NJ Patients Can Register For Medical Marijuana Starting Thursday
TRENTON, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — New Jersey patients with doctors’ recommendations to use marijuana to treat certain health conditions can register for identification cards beginning Thursday as the state...
View ArticleNJ Health Officials ID Facilities In Meningitis Scare
TRENTON, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) – New Jersey officials have identified the six health care facilities that dispensed medication that has been associated with a deadly outbreak of fungal meningitis....
View ArticleHealth Officials: 1st Fungal Meningitis Case Reported In NJ
TRENTON, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) – New Jersey is reporting its first apparent case of fungal meningitis. State health officials say a 70-year-old Cumberland County man is hospitalized with what is...
View ArticleGarden State’s First Medical Marijuana License Given To Montclair Dispensary
TRENTON, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — The New Jersey Department of Health announced it has issued its first license to a medical marijuana dispensary. Officials said Greenleaf Compassionate Care in Montclair...
View ArticleNew Jersey Offering Free Mental Health Counseling To Those Coping With Sandy
TRENTON, N.J. (CBSNewYork) – For those in New Jersey having a hard time coping with the loss and devastation brought on by superstorm Sandy, help is being offered. Gov. Chris Christie’s administration...
View ArticleN.J. Budget To Award Hospitals $675 Million For Charity Care
TRENTON, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — The state budget recently proposed by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie would divide $675 million in charity care funds between New Jersey hospitals – roughly the same...
View ArticleHealth Officials: Sandy Rebuilding Poses Mosquito Risk In NJ
TRENTON, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) – Rebuilding after Superstorm Sandy is raising the risk of more mosquitoes in New Jersey. The state Department of Health say the storm has left behind wet debris piles and...
View ArticleTri-State Area In The Grip Of More Hot And Humid Weather
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – Hazy, hot and humid conditions continued across much of the Tri-State Area on Friday, prompting an air quality advisory. play pause Tri-State Faces More Hot, Humid Weather...
View ArticleHealth Officials: Enterovirus Cases Confirmed In NY, NJ And Connecticut
http://media.newyork.cbslocal.com/CBSNY_20140917172439217AA.mp4 TRENTON, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — The New York City area, New Jersey and Connecticut are seeing their first cases of the uncommon...
View Article4 More Cases Of Enterovirus D68 Confirmed In New Jersey
TRENTON, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — Health officials said four more New Jersey children have confirmed cases of enterovirus D68. The new cases involve patients from Burlington County, which has two cases,...
View ArticleWHO: 10,000 New Ebola Cases Per Week Could Be Seen
http://media.newyork.cbslocal.com/CBSNY_20141014172604850AA.mp4 NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — A World Health Organization official says there could be up to 10,000 new cases of Ebola per week within two...
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