The 18 nonprofits that serve domestic violence victims are seeing a combined $350,000 gap in their budgets.
As pandemic grinds on, domestic violence shelters grapple with budget gaps, growing needs
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Inside the fall of the CDC
At 7:47 a.m. on the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend, Dr. Jay Butler pounded out a grim email to colleagues at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. Butler, then the head of the agency’s coronavirus response, and his team had been trying to craft guidance to help Americans return safely to worship […]
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Connecticut sends COVID-19 distribution plan to CDC
The proposal calls for a three-stage distribution plan, but complex logistics remain unresolved.
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Rosa DeLauro steps up fundraising as campaign heats up
DeLauro raised more than $405,000 for her re-election campaign, a substantial boost over previous fundraising.
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Themis Klarides forms new Republican PAC geared to party building
The PAC is reminder that Themis Klarides is staying active and keeping options open for 2022.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Questions about Dr. Conley’s conduct, not his medical degree
I have no issue whether Commander Sean Conley, DO., USN has an MD or DO as his medical discipline and healing tradition. But I have serious concerns about his conduct that is publicly discernable and the misleading statements about when and what tests were used for President Trump and what the results are of the tests for COVID-19 and its impact on the lungs and other vital tissues.
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Patients need step therapy protections
Writing a prescription used to give me great hope. I knew that by following my treatment regimen with a new prescription medication that the patient would improve and achieve a better quality of life. But today, that hope has been replaced with trepidation —how many hoops will I, my staff, and our patient have to jump through with their insurer to get the treatment I’ve prescribed? Will that patient even get the medication? Given the challenges with the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s critical that patients receive the care they need without unnecessary delays.
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Congress should invest in cultured-meat research
Besides the obvious improvement to animal welfare, cultured meat will benefit human health and the environment.
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Advisory panel hears early plans for vaccine distribution in Connecticut
The elderly, people of color and those with underlying conditions could receive priority for a COVID-19 vaccine.
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COVID skipped southeast CT on its first pass. Not this time.
Nine of the 11 communities on high alert are in southeastern Connecticut. The two outliers are Hartford and Danbury.
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Community colleges will largely drain their reserves with no state bailout or union givebacks in sight
Connecticut’s state universities and community colleges are in fiscal crisis because of a pandemic-related enrollment drop.
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Governors want sunlight on the secretive ISO New England
It was the first salvo to reform electric market rules and ISO New England, operator of the grid.
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Blumenthal tries to stall Barrett confirmation, but procedural move fails
Unsuccessful in their bid to stall Barrett’s confirmation Thursday, Democrats focused on slamming the process.
Posted inHealth
As pandemic wears on, Connecticut prepares to launch its long-awaited health information exchange
After more than a decade, Connecticut is poised to launch its health information exchange. Some worry it’s coming too late.
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Opening minds, opening doors at CSCU
Our state is approaching a fork in the road and difficult decisions need to be made. The decisions we make today will define the Connecticut we live in tomorrow. Today the leadership of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCU) is threatening to take a budget machete to the university system that is dedicated to educating Connecticut’s working and first-generation students. All this in order to address a short-term, pandemic-induced problem.