Push for new avenue to compensation for NJ 9/11 responders.

On Sept. 11, 2001, Michael Boll was a Union Township police officer when he received a statewide alert to help remove debris from the World Trade Center towers and to find people who were trapped. He responded hours later with a group of fellow police officers. “It...

A Study of How Americans Die May Improve Their End of Life.

A Rutgers Health analysis of millions of Medicare records has laid the groundwork for improving end-of-life care by demonstrating that nearly all older Americans follow one of nine trajectories in their last three years of life. “Identifying which paths people...

Are You Getting Enough Sleep? Probably Not.

March 15 marks World Sleep Day, an annual call to action from the World Sleep Society to spread awareness of the need to get sufficient sleep to stay healthy. This year’s theme is “Sleep Equity for Global Health.” Maya Ramagopal, a professor of Pediatrics at Rutgers...