Inspira Health has expanded its behavioral health unit at Inspira Health Center Bridgeton with a new Designated Voluntary Behavioral Health Unit opening soon, pending state approval. The new unit has 19 voluntary beds for adults. The unit’s programming will be focused on the stabilization of the patient’s behavioral health needs. The new Health Unit supplements […]

Recently, the Native American Advancement Corporation, a 501(c)(3) organization based in South Jersey, acquired a forested 63-acre property in Salem County that will be known as the Cohanzick Nature Reserve. The Native American Advancement Corporation does work in Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem, Atlantic, and Cape May counties. This property is part of the traditional homeland of

Donors of all blood types are urgently needed, and there is an emergency need for platelet donors and type O blood donors to make an appointment to give now to ensure patients across the country continue to receive critical medical care. When Hurricane Idalia slammed into the Southeast—leading to widespread power outages, travel hazards and

This story is being republished under a special NJ News Commons content-sharing agreement related to COVID-19 coverage. Link to story: njspotlightnews.org/video/cdc-panel-approves-revised-covid-19-vaccine The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has officially recommended almost every American get an updated COVID-19 vaccination. Dr. Mandy Cohen, the director of the CDC, said, “We have more tools than ever to

The Community FoodBank of New Jersey (CFBNJ) will host its annual Women Fighting Hunger Luncheon from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, October 25, at the Linwood Country Club in Linwood. Founded eight years ago in northern New Jersey, the event will be held for the second time simultaneously in southern New Jersey and

It may be hard to believe, but the holidays will be here before you know it—Saturday, September 16 marked 100 days until Christmas. And according to a recent survey conducted by TopCashback.com (TopCashback), more than one in 10 (11%) Americans will start (or have started) their holiday shopping in September. The survey polled a cross-section