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Health professionals say climate change is hurting public health in Connecticut. The bill would direct the state to be more aggressive in requiring the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and renewable energy investments.
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U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) hosted the inaugural Creating Community Summit in New Haven as part of his campaign against loneliness, which he has touted as a public health crisis for over a year.
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Cases of the respiratory virus RSV have surged in Connecticut since November. U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) is demanding that manufacturers produce vaccines more quickly and at an affordable price.
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Connecticut's former public health commissioner, Renée D. Coleman-Mitchell, settled her wrongful termination suit Monday for $200,000.
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Vibriosis is a disease that can present itself through gastrointestinal symptoms or as a skin infection near an open wound. The bacteria Vibrio is found in warm brackish water and raw shellfish harvested from Long Island Sound.
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The CDC reported COVID-related hospitalizations in July started trending upward for the first time in seven months. WSHU spoke with public health experts to find out what yet another COVID wave could mean for late summer on Long Island and in coastal Connecticut.
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Nearly half of the nursing homes in Connecticut are overdue for a routine inspection, and the number of serious violations is up. What's going on?
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The federal and Connecticut governments extended telehealth measures for at least another year, but then they are set to expire. Here's what to know.
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WSHU’s J.D. Allen spoke with Dr. Norman Edelman, a Stony Brook University pulmonologist, about how phasing out gas hookups in new buildings will reduce New York’s contribution to climate change — and protect public health.
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Suffolk County Health Commissioner Dr. Gregson Pigott announced Wednesday that Babylon High School officials alerted the Department of Health Services after more than 80 students were out sick on Friday, March 17.