The Connecticut Health Foundation has awarded 24 grants totaling $1.2 million to organizations on the frontlines of health equity and to media organizations that are devoting reporting to the subject, which has gained greater attention – and concern – during the pandemic.
Read MoreThe Connecticut legislature established a 10-member task force to study ways to protect seniors from fraud, this past spring. The task force must report its findings and recommendations to the Aging and Human Services committees of the legislature by the first of next month, January 1, 2022.
Read MoreAfter just six years of the nation’s first statewide mattress recycling program, more than 1 million mattresses and box springs have been recycled in Connecticut. The impact has been tangible - resulting in the diversion of more than 18,000 tons of steel, foam, fibers and wood from landfill and incineration, according to program officials.
Read MoreNearly two-thirds of Connecticut hospitals earned a grade of A or B in an annual report grading hospitals across the nation, including Connecticut, based on an array of safety factors.
Read MoreThe Attorneys General of Connecticut, New York and New Jersey are pressing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to tighten controls on air pollution emitted by heavy-duty trucks in the tri-state region.
Read MoreDoc Wayne Youth Services — a Boston nonprofit whose sport-infused therapies improve mental health — along with Bristol, CT-based global sports brand ESPN, and The Village — a Hartford nonprofit dedicated to building a community of strong, healthy families who protect and nurture children — are collaborating to advance mental health initiatives for young people by leveraging the power of sport.
Read MoreLisa Lattanza, MD, chair of the Department of Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation at the Yale School of Medicine, has been presented with the 2021 annual Diversity Award from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS).
Read MoreConnecticut's School-Based Diversion Initiative (SBDI) will be implemented in 15 schools across six districts during the 2021-22 school year, bringing the total number of schools served by SBDI in Connecticut to 65.
Read MoreGraphic photos showing an array of severe consequences of smoking, which will be printed on all cigarette packages in the U.S. beginning in October 2022, will save an estimated 539,000 lives over the remainder of this century, according to new research by the Yale School of Public Health and a group of public health researchers at institutions in the U.S. and Canada.
Read MoreThe newly released State of Mental Health report, compiled by Mental Health America (MHA), rated Connecticut at number 13 among the states in a comprehensive review of data across all 50 states and the District of Columbia, prior to the pandemic, that examines the status of individuals living with mental health issues and access to insurance and health care.
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