Governor Mikie Sherrill

Department of Health

Healthy New Jersey

Health Topics A-Z

Health Topics A-Z

Find information on diseases, conditions, programs, and public health services in New Jersey. Search by name, or browse by letter.

Popular topics: Vital records Vaccines WIC Measles Flu Legionnaires' disease

 

A

Acute flaccid myelitis
Adenovirus
Advance directive
Alpha-gal syndrome
Amebiasis
Anaplasmosis
Animal welfare
Anthrax
Antibiotic and antimicrobial resistance
Antibiotic stewardship
Asbestos
Asthma
Autism

B

Babesiosis
Bird flu see Novel influenza
Birth certificates see Vital records
Birth defects
Birth Defects Registry
Body art
Borrelia miyamotoi
Bottled water
Botulism
Brain injury research
Brucellosis

C

Camp outbreak guidance see School health
Campylobacteriosis
Cancer
Cancer screening and early detection
Candida auris
Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE)
Career opportunities
Chickenpox
Chief State Medical Examiner
Chikungunya
Childhood lead
Children's oral health
Chlamydia
Chlamydia pneumoniae (CDC)
Cholera
Chronic diseases
Climate change
Clostridioides difficile (C. diff)
Colette Lamothe-Galette Community Health Worker Institute
Community health and wellness
Congenital syphilis
Consumer health
Coronavirus see COVID-19
Cottage food operator permit
COVID-19
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Cryptosporidiosis
Cyclosporiasis
Cystic fibrosis
Cytomegalovirus (CMV)

D

Dairy and frozen desserts
Daycare outbreak guidance see School health
Dengue
Diabetes
Diphtheria
Disease reporting
Doula Learning Collaborative
Drug and medical device registration
Drug diversion

E

E. coli (STEC)
Early intervention
Eastern equine encephalitis
Ebola
Ehrlichiosis
Emergency medical services (EMS)
Emergency preparedness
Employment opportunities see Career opportunities
End-of-life care see Advance directive
End-stage chronic renal disease
Enterobacteriaceae, drug-resistant
Environmental health
Environmental public health tracking
Export documents
Extreme heat

F

Facility complaints see Health facility complaints and hotlines
Family health
Federally qualified health centers (FQHCs)
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs)
Fifth disease
Fight the Bite, NJ! see Vector-borne illness
Flu (influenza)
Foodborne illness

G

Genetic services
Genital herpes (CDC)
Giardiasis
Gonorrhea
Group A strep
Group B strep
Guillain-Barré syndrome

H

H5N1 see Novel influenza
Haemophilus influenzae (including Hib)
Hand, foot, and mouth disease
Handwashing
Hansen's disease (leprosy)
Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome
Harm reduction
Hazardous waste sites
Head lice
Health care affordability and transparency
Health facility complaints and hotlines
Healthcare-associated infections and antibiotic resistance
Healthcare-associated infections (HAI)
Heart disease and stroke
Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS)
Hemophilia
Hepatitis
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis B, perinatal
Hepatitis C
Herpes
HIV/AIDS
Hospice care see Palliative and hospice care
Human papillomavirus (HPV)
Hunger, food security, and maternal health story map
Huntington's disease

I

Infection Control Assessment and Response (ICAR) team
Infectious and Zoonotic Disease Program
Influenza see Flu (influenza)
Inherited diseases
Injection safety

L

Lassa fever
Lead
Legionellosis see Legionnaires' disease
Legionnaires' disease
Leptospirosis
Lice see Head lice
Listeriosis
Local health departments
Long-term care facility infections
Long-term care facility search
Long-term care resources
Low-cost spay and neuter program
Lyme disease

M

Malaria
Marburg
Maternal and child health
Maternal health data
Maternal Health Hospital Report Card
Measles
Medical aid in dying
Medical Reserve Corps
Meningitis
Meningitis, viral see Viral meningitis
Meningococcal disease
Menstruation (periods)
MERS (Middle East respiratory syndrome)
Minority and multicultural health
Mold
Mosquito-borne illness
Mpox
MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus)
Multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs)
Multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS)
Mumps

N

Neisseria gonorrhoeae, drug-resistant
New Jersey Immunization Information System
Newborn screening and genetic services
Nitrous oxide
Norovirus
Novel influenza
Nursing home data
Nutrition and fitness

O

Occupational health
Opioids
OPRA see Public records (OPRA)
Oropouche
Outbreaks (camp) see School health
Outbreaks (foodborne)
Outbreaks (healthcare-associated infections)
Outbreaks (long-term care)
Outbreaks (school and daycare) see School health
Outpatient setting infections

P

Palliative and hospice care
Pandemic influenza see Novel influenza
Parkinson's disease
Perinatal hepatitis B see Hepatitis B, perinatal
Periods see Menstruation (periods)
Pertussis see Whooping cough
Plague
Polio
Population health
Post-polio syndrome
Powassan virus
Primary health care
Project Firstline
Psittacosis
Public Health and Food Protection Program
Public health laboratories
Public records (OPRA)
Public recreational bathing

Q

Q fever

R

Rabies
Regional Epidemiology Program (REP)
Reproductive health
Respiratory viruses
Retail food
Rocky Mountain spotted fever
RSV (respiratory syncytial virus)
Rubella
Rural health

S

Safe injection practices see Injection safety
Salmonellosis
SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome)
Scabies
School health
Sepsis
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs)
Shellfish
Shigellosis
Shingles
Smallpox
Special Child Health and Early Intervention Services
Special needs
Spinal cord research
Spotted fever rickettsiosis see Rocky Mountain spotted fever
St. Louis encephalitis
Staphylococcus aureus, drug-resistant
State psychiatric hospitals
STDs see Sexually transmitted infections (STIs)
Sterile sites (PDF)
STIs see Sexually transmitted infections (STIs)
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Streptococcus pyogenes see Group A strep
Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
Suicide prevention
Swine flu see Novel influenza
Syphilis

T

Tanning facilities
Tetanus
Tick-borne illness
Tobacco control
Toxic shock syndrome (TSS)
Traveler's health
Trichinosis
Tuberculosis
Tularemia
Typhoid fever

V

Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS)
Vaccine Preventable Disease Program
Vaccines
Vaccines for Children (VFC) Program
Varicella see Chickenpox
Vector-borne illness
Veterinary public health
Vibrio
Viral hemorrhagic fevers
Viral hepatitis see Hepatitis
Viral meningitis
VISA (vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus)
Vital records
VRE (vancomycin-resistant enterococci)
VRSA (vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus)

W

Wastewater surveillance
Waterborne illness
West Nile virus
Wholesale food and cosmetics
Whooping cough
WIC (Women, Infants, and Children)

Y

Yellow fever
Yersiniosis
Youth camps

Z

Zika