Chrysler is recalling 630,300 newer-model Jeep SUVs for defects. “Some 409,200 Jeep Compass and Jeep Patriot SUVs from model years 2010 to 2012 will be recalled because a software glitch may delay deployment of side…
Chrysler Group, in a rare challenge, is refusing a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration request to recall 2.7 million Grand Cherokees and Jeep Libertys. NHTSA claims that the gas tank design used in 1993 to…
Written By: Susan Campbell Boomers have always been an impressive bunch. After going to Woodstock together (or pretending to), they marked each milestone as a loud, unwieldy group. And now? They’re aging together, in such…
Ford Motor says it is recalling 465,000 cars due to a fuel leak that poses fire risks. Ford says the recalls involve all 2013 models including the Explorer, Taurus, Fusion, Flex, Interceptor Utility and Sedan,…
By: Magaly Olivero Ten-year-old Joey Smith shared a celebratory high-five with Heather Kunkel, a mental health professional who was visiting the boy’s Thomaston home. “Things are great, spectacular even,” he said, as the two chatted…
By: Kate Farrish The state Medical Examining Board on Tuesday imposed no disciplinary action against a Greenwich Hospital anesthesiologist who in 2010 administered a nerve block on the wrong arm of a patient who was…
By: Lisa Chedekel Three nursing homes in southeastern Connecticut face state fines of more than $1,000 for lapses in care cited by the Department of Public Health. • Kindred Nursing and Rehabilitation Crossings East of…
By: Peggy McCarthy When Maureen Gard, who served in the Marines, goes running the flashbacks come: riding in the platoon leader’s car, the jokes about her bra size, the fondling, and the pinning her down….
The state Department of Public Health has penalized six nursing homes for lapses in care that contributed to residents’ injuries. In one case, a resident of Middlesex Health Care Center of Middletown who was cognitively…
By: Peggy McCarthy After U.S. Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki Thursday praised the VA’s Hartford regional office as a top performer in reducing disability claims backlogs, U.S Sen. Richard Blumenthal stood next to him…
Written By: Lisa Chedekel Last summer, the state Department of Public Health fined a Danielson nursing home $580 after a resident whose feet were not properly secured to a wheelchair suffered a hip fracture. This…
Written by: Jennifer Kaylin As a “classroom interventionist,” Stephanie Galluzo’s job is to help students who act out in class to settle down and refocus. Teachers find this new classroom management tool a huge benefit…
Written by Kate Farrish The State Medical Examining Board on Tuesday voted to allow a Trumbull psychiatrist, who was disciplined eight years ago in an unusual case, to practice in a health care facility on…
Written by Rob Garver and Charles Seife, Special to ProPublica Retired FDA investigator Patrick Stone (Katie Hayes Luke for ProPublica) On the morning of May 3, 2010, three agents of the Food and Drug Administration…
Five nursing homes were fined by the state Department of Public Health for lapses in care. A $1,020 fine was levied on the Golden Hill Health Care Center of Milford for failing to provide proper…
Toyota, Honda, Nissan, General Motors and Mazda are recalling a total of 3.4 million vehicles around the world due to faulty airbags. The airbags were all made by Japanese-based firm Takata for cars built between…
Written By: Lisa Chedekel Two decades after New Haven’s English Station power plant stopped producing energy for United Illuminating, state officials have ordered the owners to conduct a massive clean-up of the property, which is…
Whether you have health insurance or not, you could save lots of money on generic medicine by being a smart consumer. Consumer Reports secret shoppers contacted more than 200 pharmacies around the country for pricing…
Written By: Lisa Chedekel UConn’s John Dempsey Hospital has drastically reduced the frequency of “combination” CT scans of patients’ chests and abdomens, as federal regulators have clamped down on the practice, which carries a risk…
Written By: Susan Campbell Last month, a New York judge struck down New York City’s ban on sugary drinks in containers larger than 16 ounces. Soon after, former vice presidential candidate and reality television star…