In recent months in Connecticut, news headlines have highlighted the significant increase in pedestrian-vehicle accidents on roadways across the state. The numbers have been on the rise here and across the country in recent years, and newly compiled Connecticut data points to “the most dangerous areas for pedestrians” – locations where pedestrians may be at higher risk of being struck.
Read MoreA new report by the Connecticut Department of Public Health and the Connecticut Oral Health Initiative (COHI) found that tooth decay is the most common chronic infectious disease in children and is considered a significant public health challenge.
Read MoreAs nearly everyone who has been driving, cycling or walking on a Connecticut roadway since the pandemic began to recede will tell you, speeds have picked up, recklessness has increased, and the distractions and accompanying dangers are ever-present.
Read MoreConnecticut Attorney General William Tong is leading a multistate coalition of 51 attorneys general calling on the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) to expand anti-robocall protections, in a 16-page letter sent to the federal agency on Tuesday.
Read MoreSeptember is National Suicide Prevention Month, which spotlights the issues in Connecticut and across the U.S.
Although suicide rates in Connecticut are low, there still are ways to prevent those deaths.
Impostors have been using ads and images of legitimate companies headquartered in Connecticut as part of a scam to solicit money from people.
Read MoreA Connecticut congresswoman is among those asking the government to overhaul the way it handles food-safety issues.
Read MoreIn response to an ever-growing need for safety and mental health support programs in public schools, Western Connecticut State University (WCSU) has opened the Connecticut Center for School Safety and Crisis Preparation. The Center will provide professional development related to all aspects of school safety planning, and establish relationships among area school districts that will create a network of professionals who become available to each other for both formal and informal crisis support.
Read MoreChildcare related costs continue to rise across the country, creating great challenges for working parents, particularly working mothers. A new transportation business arriving in Connecticut this month aims to respond to the growing need for assistance in getting young children from point A to point B.
Read MoreThe national Governors Highway Safety Association annual spotlight report projects that drivers nationwide struck and killed 7,485 people walking in 2021 – the most in a single year in four decades. The trend in Connecticut and nine other states is less grim.
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