Health & Wellness

BERNARDS TWP., NJ - The free Rabies Shot Clinic will be held from 10 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Nov. 13 at Bernards Township Public Works Garage, 277 S. Maple Ave., Basking Ridge. No appointments are necessary to get a free rabies shot for your dog or cat. The clinic is open to residents of Bernardsville and Peapack and Gladstone, as well as the five other communities served by ...

BERNARDS TWP., NJ - Tomorrow, Friday, Nov. 5, area residents will have a chance to help fight global warming, fertilize the soil and have some fun.

The Bernards Township Environmental Commission is sponsoring a Pumpkin Smash from 12:30 to 2 p.m. Friday, Nov. 5, at Dogwood Farms in Liberty Corner. 

It is important to keep pumpkins out of our landfills because ...

SOMERVILLE, NJ - The Sixth Annual Somerville 5K Turkey Trot returns Thanksgiving morning with live runners and hundreds of feet on the ground.

COVID-19 restrictions forced last year's event to be run in a virtual format.

The staging area is at Engine Company No. 1, 170 E. Main Street at the corner of Veterans Memorial Drive. The race begins at 9 a.m., and will follow a course ...

Parent or Guardian Must Be Present and Provide Consent for Youth Vaccinations at Somerset County Clinics

SOMERVILLE, NJ – Beginning Friday, Nov. 5, the Somerset County Department of Health will begin administering the Pfizer-BioNTech pediatric COVID-19 vaccine to children ages 5 to 11-years following approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers ...

BERNARDS TWP., NJ - COVID-19 vaccines are effective at protecting against severe disease and can help keep you and your family safe. The Bernards Township Health Department encourages all eligible community members to receive their COVID-19 vaccine and any booster that may be needed. To reach as many people as possible, the Health Department will be offering Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson ...

Editor's Note: Statistics in this report - state, national and international - are current as of Saturday.

SOMERVILLE, NJ - The Somerset County Department of Health Friday reported 27,701 cases of the COVID-19 virus since those first cases were reported last year, an increase of 54 cases overnight. There has been a total of 763 deaths since March 8, ...

SOMERVILLE, NJ – Beginning today, October 22, the Somerset County Department of Health will begin administering Moderna and Johnson & Johnson (Janssen) COVID-19 booster shots to certain eligible populations at its COVID-19 vaccination clinics. The approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) expands booster doses to all ...

SUMMIT, NJ – Atlantic Health System has created two “tech schools,” based at Overlook Medical Center, to allow existing team members to obtain radiological technologist certifications, or to become certified pharmacy technicians.

The programs are aimed at not only enriching the skills of Atlantic Health System’s own workforce, but also bolstering the number of team ...