According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, hundreds of thousands of people are hospitalized and thousands or tens of thousands of people die from flu-related causes every year.

The Oct. 8 Women of Color Leadership and Empowerment conference – sponsored by Color Magazine, NJBIZ and Hackensack Meridian health – underscores diversity efforts at the health care system.

Senate President Steve Sweeney, D-3rd District, met with the New Jersey Vapor Rights Coalition to urge the vaping businesses, local retailers and organizations to help keep dangerous, unregulated and counterfeit products out of the hands of New Jersey consumers, particularly the youth. The NJVRC is a nonprofit advocacy group made up of vape shops, e-liquid ...

"The driving cost of drugs in this country is out of control," George Norcross, chairman of the board of trustees of Cooper University Health Care and executive chairman of Connor Strong & Buckelew, said. "Other countries are buying these same drugs at substantially lesser prices than the American government pays for them and then the employer groups pay for them and ultimately employees pay for them. That makes no sense."

Brach Eichler LLC, recently held its 10th Annual New Jersey Health Care Market Review conference at the Borgata Hotel and Spa in Atlantic City. According to Brach Eichler Managing Member and Health Care Law Practice Chair John Fanburg, the landscape for providers in New Jersey continues to change. “The Evolving Health Care System” provided a look ...

Kevin Conlin, the chairman and CEO of Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey is taking a temporary leave of absence. In a statement provided to NJBIZ, the company said Conlin is working remotely for a short time while he gets care for a health condition. Conlin expects to be in contact with his ...

Current President and COO Thomas Polen was unanimously elected to succeed outgoing Vincent Forlenza. In 2017, Polen led the company's $24 billion acquisition of C. R. Bard Inc.

“Folks that I've talked to that are survivors and with my conversations with family, there is shame and misunderstanding. There is fear and stigma surrounding this topic. But just because we don't talk about it, does not mean that is not happening,” said New Jersey Hospital Association President Cathleen Bennett.

John Silvestri has more than 25 years of service with the health care organization. He serves on the board of trustees of Thomas Jefferson University, as vice chairman of the Jefferson Health - New Jersey Hospital board of trustees, and as a member of the Jefferson Health New Jersey board of directors.