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Help for heros

By Sabrina Garone
Published August 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM EDT
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Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appears before a Senate committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions hearing at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, May 14, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)
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Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appears before a Senate committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions hearing at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, May 14, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)

The World Trade Center Health Program needs urgent help from the federal government, according to local officials. New Haven city employees may not use city funds to support Avelo. Plus, an effort to restore important habitat near the Merritt Parkway in Fairfield.

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Sabrina is host and producer of WSHU’s daily podcast After All Things. She also produces the climate podcast Higher Ground and other long-form news and music programs at the station. Sabrina spent two years as a WSHU fellow, working as a reporter and assisting with production of The Full Story.
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