State leaders have announced that the Connecticut Department of Aging and Disability Services has been awarded $10 million in funding from the federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) that will be used to support upgrades and enhancements at senior centers statewide.
Read MoreHaving witnesses or recording devices during procedures requiring anesthesia could help prevent opportunities for sexual assault and hallucinations about assaults that did not occur, UConn researchers findings suggest. Data published in UConn Today report on their findings and recommendations.
Read MoreAkiko Iwasaki, Sterling Professor of Immunobiology and Professor of Dermatology and of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology and of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases) at the Yale School of Medicine, and an Investigator for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, has been selected as the 2023 recipient of the Connecticut Medal of Science.
Read MoreAs the number of battery-driven technologies continue to increase to keep the multitude of electronic devices charged, so too has the threat of lethal battery fires, raising concerns in Connecticut and beyond. A local company’s innovation aims to increase safety.
Read MoreConnecticut Attorney General William Tong led 16 State Attorney’s General in calling on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), to use the full extent of their authority to protect public health and the safety of our oceans from pervasive plastic microfiber pollution.
Read MoreThroughout this month – designated as Mental Health Awareness Month – Mental Health Connecticut (MHC) is dedicating the days of the week to a specific theme as that day’s conversation starter, and raising funds to advance and expand work in the community.
Read MoreYale New Haven Hospital, Saint Francis Hospital & Medical Center in Hartford, Griffin Hospital in Derby, John Dempsey Hospital in Farmington and Hartford Hospital have been ranked among the best in the United States in this year’s World’s Best Hospitals, as ranked by Newsweek and Statista.
Read MoreWhen community members from Greater Hartford gathered to delve into healthcare access, equity, and innovation in Connecticut this week in a program offered by the MetroHartford Alliance and the Connecticut health Council, the data and information offered to provide the basis for the conversation pointed out the stark disparities that characterize the region.
Read More“Going Outside in Connecticut,” a 165-page volume last produced by the state in 2017, reflected the many ways in which state residents and visitors could get out and do something. Now its time to produce the next official “Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreations Plan” for 2023-2028.
Read MoreAlong with the rest of the U.S., Connecticut residents are not getting enough sleep. Connecticut ranked 24th in insufficient sleep, according to the America's Health Ranking report from the United Healthcare Foundation.
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