By Carol Leonetti Dannhauser Cloe Poisson Photo. Kyle Jones of South Windsor says she feels more at home in her body since beginning her transition in early 2020. Kyle Avery Jones had recently come out…
By Christine Woodside Steven Geringer/Yale University Photo Annabelle Pan, a research scientist in Jordan Peccia’s lab at Yale University, examines sludge samples. As scientists measure the prevalence of COVID-19 in the sludge flowing from New…
By Sujata Srinivasan Cloe Poisson Photo Sharon Stevens, director of Women of the Village Food Pantry, asks a client picking up food at the Dixwell neighborhood food pantry if they have gotten the flu vaccine…
By Christopher Hoffman The state will drop a fee-for-service health care model in favor of an “episode of care” — also known as bundle payments — model. For decades, Connecticut and other states have used…
By Jenifer Frank Melanie Stengel Photo. Fanny Quille with her children Rocio Valladares, 2; Beverly Valladares,7; Angel Valladares, 14; and Anthony Valladares, 7 months, in their Wood Avenue apartment in Bridgeport. Their apartment was inspected…
By Peggy McCarthy iStock Photo. The Yale Law School Veterans Legal Services Clinic represented the plaintiffs in this class action lawsuit. Thousands of Army veterans with mental illnesses will get a second chance for a…
By Lisa Backus The state Medical Examining Board agreed Tuesday to discipline two doctors including a physician awaiting sentencing in a federal health care fraud case. Dr. Fawad Hameedi, of New York, has been working…
By Peggy McCarthy In Connecticut, 47 veterans died by suicide in 2018, an increase of 10 from the previous year, newly released statistics show. The increase reflected a higher suicide rate than in the overall…
By Cara Rosner Most Connecticut hospitals will lose some of their Medicare reimbursement payments over the next year as penalties for having too many readmitted patients, according to new data from the Centers for Medicare…
By Theresa Sullivan Barger Melanie Stengel Photo. Volunteer Marsha Royster adds canned beef to bags at the Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen. The nation’s food bank system, created to provide emergency food assistance, fills a chronic…
By Cara Rosner Vyanne Dinh, 21, a senior at New York University, will be paying close attention next month when the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments in a lawsuit backed by the Trump administration to…
By Bonnie Phillips Four nurses were recently disciplined by the state Board of Examiners for Nursing for drug and alcohol abuse and for photographing a patient without consent. The state placed Sara Scobie’s practical nurse…
By Cara Rosner As the state readies for open enrollment for health insurance beginning November 1, those who have lost their jobs or have recently moved to Connecticut can get coverage now through Access Health…
By Lisa Backus Katherine Verano is wrestling with an 830% increase in costs compared with last year for hoteling victims of domestic violence during the coronavirus pandemic. After a quiet period during the first months…
By Sujata Srinivasan Photo Provided by Custer. Kelli Custer, 52, of New Milford, is on medical leave from work. In April, Rhonda Eigabroadt, 53, showed up at the ER at MidState Medical Center in Meriden,…
By Peggy McCarthy The U.S. Office of Special Counsel is investigating allegations of illegal employment practices at VA Connecticut Healthcare System connected to the hiring of seven employees—some in top management positions—who are all former…
By Gregory B. Hladky Daryl Perch Photo. A hazy sunset from western smoke captured by Daryl Perch in Stonington. Connecticut’s weather on May 25, 2016, was hotter than usual for that time of year, reaching…
By Susan Jaffe While the deadly coronavirus seems to be subsiding in Connecticut for now, its impact on nursing homes has not. More than 6,700 beds are empty, and it may take many months of…
By Elizabeth Heubeck Felicia Tambascio and her daughter, Anastasia Marie Cordero. Felicia Tambascio’s first pregnancy was going fairly smoothly. But on July 20, at week 38, the 20-year-old Brookfield resident woke with horrible upper abdominal…
By Lisa Backus The state Medical Examining Board agreed Tuesday to fine two doctors $5,000 each and issued a cease and desist order to a woman without a Connecticut medical license who performed a procedure…