Medical Providers Are Taking Nature Therapy Seriously

By Jenifer Frank  Melanie Stengel Photo. Meghan Casey, left, a nursing and public health student at Yale, and Amanda E. DeCew, an advanced practice registered nurse in pediatrics at Fair Haven Community Health Care in New…




Medical Practices Become Another Pandemic Casualty

By Peggy McCarthy After 35 years as an oral surgeon, Dr. Arthur Wilk closed his practice in Clinton following “daunting challenges” caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In Darien, Dr. Cecile Windels sold her pediatric practice…




Beyond COVID-19: Waste Testing A Vast Public Health Frontier

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…


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Flu Fighters Combat Vaccination Fears in New Haven

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…





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Medical Board Disciplines Two Doctors

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…




Is Food Bank System Contributing To Health Disparities?

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…






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Survivors Struggle With Lingering COVID-19 Symptoms

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,…