Legislation to create a public health-insurance option in Connecticut is off the table after an outcry from private insurers. State Sen. Matt Lesser, a Democrat who led the proposal, said other ...

Dr. Manisha Juthani, Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont's nominee for Department of Public Health Commissioner, was confirmed by the state House of Representatives on a mostly party-line vote, with some ...

U.S. Surgeon General Vice Admiral Jerome Adams visited the Connecticut State Public Health Laboratory in Rocky Hill Monday. The Rocky Hill lab was recently approved to become the first and only ...

Haven City Health Department RN Robb Blocker prepares a dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a COVID-19 vaccine clinic for people 16+ at Hill Regional Career High School in New Haven on April 15 ...

This public option won’t fix the health care system in Connecticut. But it will make Connecticut residents healthier and will make health care more affordable for every person – not just ...

Nationally, per capita public health spending decreased 9.3% between 2008 and 2016, according to a study published in the National Journal of Public Health, and Connecticut hasn’t been an exception.

Those human health concerns prompted the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to establish advisory limits for several types of PFAS in drinking water systems in 2016.

Public health experts have also raised concerns about Connecticut’s future preparedness for pandemics or other health emergencies. According to the state’s impact assessment, the termination of ...

SB 1, signed by Lamont on June 14, established a Commission on Racial Equity in Public Health to document and make recommendations to mitigate the effects of racism on public health. The commission is ...

As a small business owner, nothing is more important to me than ensuring our employees have access to affordable, high-quality health care. For more than 60 years, my company, Northeast Express ...

At the Public Health Committee Wednesday, Dr. Manisha Juthani, commissioner at the state Department of Public Health, advocated for SB 1326, which would set the amount of fluoride in Connecticut ...