By Sujata Srinivasan Carl Jordan Castro Photo. Sonya Huber, 48, suffers from rheumatoid arthritis. She says on some days she needs a cane to help her walk because of the pain in her joints. Unable…
By Cara Rosner The state Department of Public Health (DPH) has fined four nursing homes for violations that resulted in resident harm. Village Crest Center for Health and Rehabilitation in New Milford was fined $10,000…
By Cara Rosner Open enrollment for 2020 health insurance plans begins Nov. 1, but consumers can already “window shop” among plans on the state’s health insurance exchange. On Access Health CT’s (AHCT) website, accesshealthct.com, the…
By Bonnie Phillips The state Board of Examiners for Nursing last week suspended the licenses of two licensed practical nurses (LPN) and disciplined four other nurses. The LPN license of Melissa A. Eccles of Norwich…
By Steve Hamm Jose DeJesus pulls his silver minivan out of a parking lot in back of a row of historic houses on New Haven’s Congress Avenue. He points with pride to the flowers he…
By Cara Rosner Most Connecticut hospitals will lose a percentage of their Medicare reimbursement payments over the next year as penalties for having high rates of readmitted patients, according to new data from the Centers…
By Christine Woodside Melanie Stengel Photo. This group devoted many early mornings in spring and summer as citizen scientists taking water samples to test the quality. Pictured are: Holly Turner, a teacher at the Bridgeport…
By Christine Woodside Melanie Stengel Photo. On a dry day, the West Side plant handles about 18 million gallons of waste. The waste circulates through three screening tanks where human feces, sanitary napkins, condoms and…
I-Team In-Depth By Christine Woodside Melanie Stengel Photo. Hours after a heavy overnight rainstorm on July 12, a brown, foamy slick was floating in Black Rock Harbor near Captain’s Cove Seaport. The West Side plant…
By Bonnie Phillips The state Board of Examiners for Nursing last week disciplined four nurses for drug or alcohol abuse. The board placed the registered nurse (RN) license of Sara J. Smith of Shelton on…
By Cara Rosner The state Department of Public Health has fined four nursing homes, including an Enfield facility where a resident died. Parkway Pavilion Health and Rehabilitation Center in Enfield was fined $10,000 for multiple…
By Lisa Backus The state Medical Examining Board voted Tuesday to place two doctors on probation, including a pediatrician accused of excessive alcohol use. Dr. Christine Cornachio of Simsbury, the pediatrician, is required to submit…
By Colleen Shaddox HUSKY members in a person-centered medical home (PCMH) practice are more likely to get recommended preventative health services and less likely to visit the emergency room, according to Department of Social Services…
By Lisa Backus The death rate from heart disease plummeted nationally over several decades for all racial and ethnic groups, but the rate of decline has slowed slightly and African Americans and low-income individuals are…
By Kate Farrish In West Haven, 24% of white residents reported their health as fair or poor, a rate worse than whites statewide and in New Haven. Fifty miles east, 19% of white New London…
By Bonnie Phillips The state Board of Examiners for Nursing last week suspended the licenses of four nurses and disciplined two others, all for drug- or alcohol-related offenses. The board summarily suspended the registered nurse…
By Peggy McCarthy Some Connecticut hospitals and doctors and a clinic are starting to treat severely depressed patients with a new nasal spray called Spravato, touted as the most significant federally approved depression medication since…
By Cara Rosner Seven Connecticut nursing homes have been fined by the state Department of Public Health (DPH) for lapses in care that endangered or hurt residents. Geer Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Canaan was…
By Cara Rosner A mother died a day after childbirth, a patient suffered a brain injury following thyroid gland surgery and died, a child abduction, and a sexual assault involving two patients were among the…
By Steve Hamm In 2018, Dean and Paula Palozej found their son, Spencer, on the floor of his home in Manchester. Spencer was one day shy of his 30th birthday and he was found dead…