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Opinion: Rating the governor of Connecticut. Here's what I found.
Hartford Courant - Connecticut
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August 28, 2025
Over the past month, numerous articles concerning Gov. Ned Lamont have been published by the Courant. Some have quoted politicians critical of the governor’s performance. As a lifelong resident of Connecticut and as one with a keen interest in...
Connecticut seeing more non-fatal overdoses, study finds
WFSB 3 - Connecticut
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August 27, 2025
HARTFORD, Conn. (WFSB) - It’s International Overdose Awareness Day and the rate of deadly overdoses, is down in Connecticut from this time last year. A new UConn study looked at 199 adults in our state with a recent history of opioid use. Nearly...
Connecticut’s 17 Community Health Centers Serve 450,000 People, Rank #5 Nationally in Quality
CT News Junkie - Connecticut
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August 27, 2025
An APRN with the Community Health & Wellness Center in Torrington, meets with a telehealth patient. Credit: Melanie Stengel. / For CTNewsJunkie Despite the challenges facing them on the federal level – such as changing policies and executive...
Encompass Health opens $39M rehab hospital in Danbury: Where patients can 'regain independence'
The News Times - Connecticut
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August 29, 2025
George Gilliam, chief executive officer of Encompass Health Danbury, speaks during the grand opening celebration for Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Danbury on Thursday, August 28, 2025, in Danbury, Conn. The facility is a freestanding...
O,R&L Commercial Arranges $2.7M Sale of Retail, Office Complex in Cheshire, Connecticut
REBusinessOnline
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August 29, 2025
5CHESHIRE, CONN. — Locally based brokerage firm O,R&L Commercial has arranged the $2.7 million sale of Country Plaza, a 26,000-square-foot office and retail complex in Cheshire, located roughly midway between Hartford and New Haven. The property...
Can design make you healthier? Inside the architecture of wellness
Wallpaper*
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August 29, 2025
In Cologne, Ferdinand Stahl and his uncle – architect Thomas van den Valentyn, known for his work on the renovation of the Max Ernst Museum in Brühl – have unveiled a new workspace: Valentyns. This is no ordinary office: it features lighting that...
ChatGPT Obsession Proves Fatal, Man Dealing With Mental Health Issues Kills Himself and Mother
Times Now
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August 29, 2025
Pretty recently, we got to know about the suicide case of a teen in which the parents claimed that ChatGPT guided him to the suicide attempt. And now, the OpenAI chatbot has been linked to a murder in Connecticut. According to reports, a 56-year...
Connecticut Woman Arrested for Possession of Stolen Firearm During New Haven Hospital Visit
Campus Safety Magazine
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August 27, 2025
NEW HAVEN, CT – A routine hospital visit took an unexpected turn Thursday night when New Haven police arrested a woman for allegedly possessing a stolen firearm. The incident unfolded at Yale-New Haven Hospital’s Saint Raphael campus. Authorities...
Health Department threatens to pull states' sex ed funding for including 'gender ideology' in programs
Spectrum News 13 - Florida
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August 26, 2025
The Trump administration has escalated its efforts to ban sex ed programs from teaching youth about being transgender, threatening to pull a total of more than $81 million in funding from 40 states and six territories unless they remove “all...
Walter Camp Football Foundation, Gridrion1880 Network And Wild Society Nutrition Announce Partnership To Fuel The Weekly College Football Game Changer Honors
MENAFN
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August 28, 2025
(MENAFN- GetNews) The Walter Camp Football Foundation, caretaker of the nation's oldest college football All-America team, along with the newly formed Gridiron1880 Network, announced a partnership with Wild Society Nutrition.The Walter Camp...
Taking a closer look at resources for older adults in Connecticut
NBC Connecticut
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August 28, 2025
We’re taking a closer look at the resources available for loved ones wanting to help their aging relatives or neighbors. As investigators continue to look for what caused a house fire on Hartford Pike in Killingly earlier this month, they say...
Amid turmoil at the CDC, America’s health infrastructure is teetering, experts say
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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Dr. Robbie Goldstein, the commissioner of public health in Massachusetts who worked at the CDC for two years, described those departing officials as “powerhouses of public health.” For decades, the CDC has served as the country’s authority on key...
This Overdose Prevention Center Isn’t Giving Up on Harm Reduction
The Nation
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September 2, 2025
Society / StudentNation / September 2, 2025 Over the past decade, opioid overdose protections and programs like Project Weber-Renew have expanded, but with Trump back in office, this trend may be short lived. Ad Policy Employees with Project...
CDC Chops Foodborne Illness Surveillance
Medscape
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The CDC’s Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network, known as FoodNet, will trim its tracking of foodborne infections from eight pathogens to only two: Salmonella and Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC), according to recent news...
Student test scores and absenteeism improves in Connecticut
NBC Connecticut
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August 28, 2025
With kids headed back to classes, the state Department of Education released new data showing continued gains in test scores and attendance on Thursday. “We celebrate today in the improvements we’re making. Our goal is not to end there. It doesn’t...
Berkshire Argus founder and editor Bill Shein breaks down his investigation into data leaks at Berkshire County’s largest employer and healthcare provider
WAMC - New York
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August 28, 2025
This month, independent non-profit news outlet The Berkshire Argus published an investigative report on data leaks at Berkshire Health Systems. The company is a big fish in the small pond of the westernmost region of Massachusetts. It’s both the...
Wheeler looks to join with Torrington health center
Bristol Press - Connecticut
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BRISTOL — Wheeler Health and Torrington-based Community Health & Wellness Center have signed letters of intent to evaluate combining their services into one network. Wheeler Health has locations in Bristol, Hartford, New Britain, Plainville and...
Connecticut Joins States Seeking To Ease Federal Restrictions On Abortion Pill
CT News Junkie - Connecticut
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August 25, 2025
Credit: Robin Marty / Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0) / Flickr Connecticut Attorney General William Tong has joined a coalition of 16 other attorneys general asking federal regulators to roll back what they describe as unnecessary restrictions...
Okanogan County protests highlight rural impact of Trump policies
Cascade PBS - Washington
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September 2, 2025
One recent Saturday morning, Twisp was full of activity, typical for the region’s peak tourist season. People in bathing suits ready to raft on the Methow River. Shoppers getting fresh produce at the Twisp Farmers Market. Others gathered in Twisp...
How to Handle Costly Medical Bills — Smartly
Kiplinger
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August 28, 2025
Medical debt may seem as though it’s a problem limited largely to people who lack adequate health insurance coverage. But even those who have a health plan may find themselves struggling to pay bills. According to a 2023 study from health care...