By Kate Farrish RECOMMEND TWEET EMAIL PRINT MORE The state Medical Examining Board on Tuesday suspended the medical license of a Woodbridge pulmonologist for conducting sexually inappropriate examinations of two female patients and fined a West Hartford…
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By Carol Leonetti Dannhauser Recommend Tweet Email Print More Carol Leonetti Dannhauser Photo. Alex Lopes, 16, a student at High School in the Community, and leader of the school’s Gender Sexuality Alliance, wants toilets and…
America’s second largest bank unlawfully garnished the accounts of thousands of its customers The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) finalized an enforcement action against Bank of America for processing illegal, out-of-state garnishment orders against its…
Recommend Tweet Email Print More Melanie Stengel Photo. Doreen Simons, a certified deaf interpreter, uses a video remote interpreting (VRI) service from her Farmington home. Deaf residents report frequent issues with sign language interpretation at…
Myriad Genetics claims its Prequel Prenatal Screening tests are almost 100 percent accurate in determining if a fetus has potential serious medical or mental issues. But a February California federal lawsuit claims that in 85…
By Lisa Backus Recommend Tweet Email Print More The state Medical Examining Board last month revoked the license of a Shelton physician who failed to attend required mental health therapy sessions and fined four physicians…
Connecticut Med Board Suspends Doctor’s License For Failing To Follow Probation Orders
By Jenifer Frank One day in early March 2020, just as the pandemic was gaining momentum, sixth-grader Carolina Martinez-Nava was heading to the school cafeteria when she saw her sister coming down the stairs, looking…
By Lisa Backus Recommend Tweet Email Print More Black and Hispanic women make up about 25% of the state’s female population but represent about 53% of domestic violence arrest cases for adult females in 2020,…
Deep Roots Drive Newhallville Stakeholders To Advance Neighborhood Equality
The state Medical Examining Board voted Tuesday to discipline two physicians with fines and ordered a Newington woman to stop providing injections for a fee without a medical license.
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 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 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…
By Peggy McCarthy Contributed Family Photo. Donna Chapman gives her son, Sergeant William Davidson a kiss. Davidson struggled with mental health disorders after his deployment in Afghanistan and killed himself in 2017. Sergeant William Davidson…
By Colleen Shaddox Adolescents want and need to be with peers, so the isolation imposed by the pandemic is especially hard for them. Parents are put in the difficult position of enforcing that isolation. Students…
As coronavirus cases increase, posing heightened risks to the elderly, nursing homes will face growing scrutiny from state health inspectors. This week, DPH ordered that all nursing homes prohibit most visitors from facilities. On Friday,…
By Colleen Shaddox Colleen Shaddox Photo. Gail Williams, now 60 and living in New Haven, was 15 when her mother died of a heart attack and she became her family’s caregiver. Gail Williams was 15…
By Kristina Tedeschi Wayne One recent evening at Middletown’s Russell Library, a group of young millennials sat around a table in an out-of-the-way spot, sharing their experiences of debilitating depression and anxiety. “I think you…
By Peggy McCarthy After being rejected twice, a Connecticut Army veteran has been awarded federal disability benefits for terminal brain cancer he contends was caused by exposure to open burn pits in Afghanistan. Peter Antioho,…