For the two-week period ending May 10, 478 COVID infections were reported in nursing homes, up from 85 over two weeks in April.
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Baby formula shortage leaves CT families stressed and searching
Only about a third of CT babies are exclusively fed breast milk through 6 months. Most other parents rely on baby formula to some degree.
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As COVID hangs on, the ‘new normal’ is leaving many behind
Some who are immunocompromised or who care for an at-risk loved one are at higher risk now as COVID restrictions begin to fall away.
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Connecticut acts to help its lead-poisoned children
CT will direct most of its efforts — and most of $30 million — toward its cities, where children are more likely to suffer lead poisoning.
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As hospital systems grow in CT, rural patients lose services
In CT, rural hospitals have shut down intensive care and labor-and-delivery services as their health systems have consolidated operations.
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Ban on flavored vaping products fails to win passage for third straight year
The flavor ban had early momentum when the Public Health Committee approved the measure in March, but the bill stalled.
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Cost growth benchmarks in CT budget; prescription drug price cap fails
An ambitious bill to limit annual increases in the cost of prescription drugs failed to gain traction in the legislature this year.
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5 things to know about abortion in Connecticut
The number of abortions in Connecticut has been on the decline. But who gets them, and at what point in pregnancy? Here are 5 things to know.
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Blue states have passed laws to shore up abortion access. Is it enough?
Several states have taken steps to codify abortion protections, but few have increased access in anticipation of out-of-state patients.
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Three extensive bills targeting children’s mental health win final passage
Passage of the bills was a first step toward confronting what experts have called an escalating crisis in Connecticut and elsewhere.
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Legislature OKs Medicaid for undocumented children 12 and younger
A more ambitious bill that would have opened the program to those 18 and younger, regardless of their immigration status, failed in committee.
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Budget bill closes loophole that let hospitals end services without state OK
Long-term hospital suspensions aren’t currently regulated under state law. The state budget bill could change that.
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Rising health care costs weigh on CT small businesses and nonprofits
Small businesses and nonprofits in CT are weighing how generous they can be with health benefits against the solvency of their business.
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‘Safe milk more accessible for everyone:’ Connecticut gets first outpatient breast milk dispensary
An outpatient breast milk dispensary has opened in Glastonbury — the first of its kind in Connecticut.
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CT Senate passes abortion rights bill after debate over race and history
A Connecticut Senate debate over an abortion bill exploded into a denunciation of the influence of racism in the abortion rights movement.