Source: TapInto.net You may have seen him riding his road bike throughout the area wearing his optic colored cycling gear, New Providence resident Jim Madden is on a mission to help put an end to Alzheimer’s and other dementia. The former councilman who was named Union County Volunteer of the Year in 2021 for his […]
Source: Two River Times Studies have shown that physical activity can improve mood and lower the risk for various diseases, including heart disease and diabetes. But as beneficial as exercise can be, many people simply don’t make physical activity part of their regular routines — recent studies and reports have found that roughly 80 percent […]
Source: NJToday.net Four and a half billion dollars in assistance will help lower heating costs for American families this winter to give working middle-class American families more breathing room. The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) funds – distributed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Administration for Children […]
Source: The Trentonian The two largest U.S. pharmacy chains, CVS Health and Walgreen, have announced agreements in principle to pay about $5 billion each to settle lawsuits nationwide over the toll of opioids. Walmart, a third pharmacy behemoth, is in discussions for a deal. The deals, if completed, would end thousands of lawsuits in which […]
Source: NorthJersey.com/PatersonPress A program that provides students at John F. Kennedy High School with free personal hygiene products started after a truancy officer Raquel Amador contacted student about her unexplained absence from class last year. It turned out the student wanted to be in school, but she girl had to go home when her menstrual […]