Attorney General Gurbir Grewal and NJ CARES announced the funding, which will be dedicated to establishing and expanding the county-based programs wherein law enforcement officers proactively connect individuals suffering from opioid addiction with treatment and/or recovery support services.

The measure would restore funding for the Navigator outreach program which helps American families get information and support to find a health care plan at a price they can afford.

The report from Rutgers - according to the university, one of the largest genetic studies of Hispanics and Latinos, African-Americans, Asians and other minorities - can help to identify mutations that may cause debilitating diseases so that effective treatments can be developed.

According to the report's senior author, the topic is important because changes in patterns of gene expression in tumor cells play a key role in cancer development, its progression and therefore, its treatment.

The former co-chair of the health system's board of trustees and the founding chair of the board of governors of the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine at Seton Hall University was a well-known figure in New Jersey business, government, health care and politics for more than four decades.

The facility will provide the Somerset-based company with access to an advanced sterile drug product fill/finish and packaging capacity in Europe, complementing its existing sterile fill/finish capabilities in Belgium and its drug substance, analytical and fill/finish capabilities in North America.

The state’s three-count complaint against New Frontier Armory includes two counts of violating New Jersey’s Consumer Fraud Act and one count of violating state regulations governing illegal products. The complaint alleges that 27 of the 30 magazines the company offered for sale in New Jersey, in violation of state law, could hold 15 to 100 rounds of ammunition.

The system's three hospitals, located in Cherry Hill, Stratford and Washington Township, have each received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get with the Guidelines-Stroke Gold Plus Achievement Award.

In the year following the acquisition of Monsanto, Werner Baumann, chairman of the board of management of Bayer AG, said the company is making good progress on integrating the agriculture business and will start to implement a series of measures to address questions and concerns about the company's role in agriculture.

There were 10 awards handed out, but only one honoree received a standing ovation from the hundreds of people in attendance at the 2019 Health Care Hero Awards, hosted by NJBIZ on Tuesday at The Palace at Somerset Park in Somerset.

Three will be used for general surgical procedures while a fourth is designed as a hybrid room, including medical imaging devices to facilitate minimally invasive surgery.

The Appropriations Committee voted 9-1, with one abstention, to advance the measure following nearly two weeks of closed door meetings between legislative leadership and Gov. Phil Murphy’s office.