health care

Doctors say with more people vaccinated against COVID-19 and back to regular activities, they’re seeing more kids come in with regular illnesses.

Chipotle Mexican Grill announced Tuesday it is giving away 250,000 burritos to health care workers and inviting people to thank medical professionals in their community through a virtual thank you wall on the Newport Beach-based restaurant chain’s website.

On Wednesday night, President Biden urged lawmakers to lower health insurance deductibles and prescription drug costs.

Federal authorities announced charges against five people in New Jersey and Florida in what they said was a $93 million health care fraud scheme involving orthotic braces. The U.S. attorney’s office also announced Thursday that two people connected to the scheme in New Jersey had pleaded guilty. According to prosecutors, some of the defendants had hidden financial interests in...

After Heather Abbott lost a limb in the Boston Marathon bombing on April 15, 2013, she had help of an $81 million fund for the victims to pay for multiple prostheses, which are not covered by insurance if they are cosmetic or not deemed medically necessary. Now her foundation is helping other amputees get special prosthetic limbs they can use...

Twenty protesters were arrested Thursday during a health care worker rally at the state Department of Public Health on Capitol Avenue in Hartford.

The workers, members of SEIU 1199, called on the state to help implement a Long-Term Care Workers Bill of Rights, which includes demands for better pay, protection against short-staffing practices, and benefits like vacation and sick time, health insurance and child care.

Several healthcare workers were detained Thursday after staging a protest and act of civil disobedience at the Department of Public Health in Hartford.

Nursing students who have spent much of their last year learning on the job during the pandemic, are now ready to graduate and begin their fulltime careers.

State lawmakers got closer Thursday to paving the way for undocumented youth to get government-sponsored health insurance in Connecticut.

Dr. Ebony Butler created My Therapy Cards, which encourage assessing one’s emotions, writing in a journal and many other ways of examining the self and bettering mental health. The cards can be used on your own, in a group of friends, or along with a therapist. Butler says the cards can help people who don’t have access to mental health...

Nurses at Danbury Hospital organized a vigil to honor those lost to COVID-19 and also to thank the public for their support during the trying past year.

Danbury Hospital nurses and their union organized a vigil to honor loved ones who died over the past year.

When pediatrician Todd Wolynn started getting attacked on social media for touting the benefits of the HPV vaccine, he felt emboldened. When his communications director, Chad Hermann, had to spend eight straight days removing disinformation from their practice’s social media pages, he felt angry. And if you’re a vocal vaccine critic spreading lies online…you won’t like them when they’re...

Pittsburgh pediatrician Todd Wolynn is the superhero the world needs right now, with coordinated disinformation campaigns undermining trust in public health and proven science. He and communications director Chad Hermann are the founders of Shots Heard Round the World, a nonprofit that mobilizes doctors online to protect vaccine information.

Young people with high-risk conditions got some good news on Monday. The new timeline means they could be eligible for the vaccine a month sooner. But it’s bittersweet because many had hoped high-risk individuals would get the vaccine even sooner. For the last year Megan Lanyon and her older sister, who is also her best friend, have had to...

John Kozin of New Haven thought he had a cold in early January, but within a week wound up in intensive care. On Friday, he was finally heading home.

Therapists Eboni Harris and Eliza Boquin discuss the mission behind their initiative, Melanin & Mental Health, which is trying to expand access to therapy in communities of color by providing a directory of Black therapists and using social media, podcasts and merchandise to normalize mental health conversations.

Only about 30% of Black adults with mental health issues actually receive treatment each year, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness. Dr. Ebony Butler created “My Therapy Cards” to help Black women specifically focus on their own mental wellness.

Ketamine is known as the party drug sometimes called Special K. But under a doctor’s guidance, the drug is also helping some people struggling with severe depression. Yusuf Omar of Hashtag Our Stories goes to a clinic to talk to a doctor administering the treatment and a patient who swears by its benefits.