Health

The Safe Center in Bethpage is one of five domestic abuse agencies in the state — and the only one on Long Island — that will study the barriers that members of the LGBTQ community face when they need help in an abusive relationship.

In Connecticut and beyond, emissions worsen air quality and contribute to global warming, which can cause or exacerbate air quality degradation.

The New York State Department of Health announced Monday that the COVID-19 XBB.1.5 variant is now the dominant strain in the state, accounting for more than 50% of COVID-19 infections in New York.

Activists gathered outside Connecticut’s Department of Corrections headquarters on Wednesday to demand stricter COVID-19 guidelines in state prisons.

Troops are required to meet strict weight limits or risk getting kicked out. That leads some to take extreme weight loss measures that can turn into eating disorders if they’re not identified and treated.

Researchers at the University of Rochester have developed a test that uses computer software to track facial muscle movements that are invisible to the naked eye during a video selfie. Those movements, they claim, can determine with remarkable accuracy markers of Parkinson’s disease.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Thursday that the state's embattled state health commissioner is out.Howard Zucker, who became embroiled in a…

Researchers from the Yale School of Public Health said former President Donald Trump’s so-called Muslim ban had an unexpected effect on Muslim Americans’…

The $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill is expected to advance through the U.S. Senate this week. Should Connecticut residents prepare for another…

A weight-loss camp for children in Connecticut is under investigation for previous violations dating back to 2019.According to a report by the New Haven…