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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.

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.

Months into battling Covid-19, doctors from across the globe are still struggling to come up with a standard of care and core protocols for treating patients. The New York Times interviews doctors about how they are adjusting their treatments to this novel virus.

Connecticut health care providers, large and small, received hundreds of millions of dollars through the federal Cares Act.  The act created something called the Provider Relief Fund to help those in the medical profession who have stepped forward in the pandemic  Yet there have been questions about how the funding was distributed. Acute care hospitals received some of the biggest...

Connecticut health care providers, large and small, received hundreds of millions of dollars through the federal Cares Act. The act created something called the Provider Relief Fund to help those in the medical profession who have stepped forward in the pandemic

The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to wipe out Obamacare, arguing that the individual mandate is unconstitutional and that the rest of the law must be struck down with it.

Ana Wilkinson, a traveling nurse who treated COVID-19 patients in New York City at the height of the city’s crisis, says people who deny the reality of coronavirus or refuse to wear a mask are disrespecting the sacrifices of health workers.

‘I have a bachelor’s degree in nursing and I have a master’s degree. And I still wasn’t good enough to provide care for her because of my skin color.’

The Trump administration has won a court ruling upholding its plan to require hospitals and insurers to disclose the actual prices for common tests and procedures in a bid to promote competition and push down costs

Public health expert Ogbonnaya Omenka explains why the link between health and wealth in U.S. society puts minority communities at greater risk of dying from Covid-19 and other public health issues.

The Trump administration has finalized a regulation that overturns Obama-era protections for transgender people against sex discrimination in health care

Nursing homes in Connecticut are beginning to allow some residents to meet with loved ones, months after Gov. Ned Lamont imposed a ban on most visits to help slow the spread of the coronavirus. Nursing homes and assisted living facilities have been particularly hard hit during the pandemic since older people are among the most vulnerable to the virus —…

Health care workers have been hailed as heroes during the coronavirus pandemic, but their salaries don’t reflect their essential role. The New York Times followed a certified nursing assistant from Massachusetts who is living near the poverty line.

Alone in the hospital with no way to communicate. That has been the experience for some adults with developmental disabilities in our state throughout this pandemic. When the ambulance came in April for their mother, who has a brain injury, Michele McDuell and Susan Fandacone said they expected at least one of them would be able to accompany her to…

Patients with disabilities may now have a designated support person with them in hospitals

After 47 days at Saint Francis Hospital, a father of four from East Windsor managed to do something he wasn’t sure would ever happen: last week he got to leave. And the healthcare workers who saw him through the fight of his life celebrated with him. “I was overwhelmed to see all those faces,” said Ivan Pantoja. “I’m grateful...

It has been six months since the start of the novel coronavirus outbreak, and what we have learned about the deadly disease that upended our lives has changed considerably. Dr. Summer McGee, dean of the School of Public Health at the University of New Haven, gave her take on the evolution of our understanding of the deadly coronavirus, six months…

We look back at what we’ve learned over the last six months and what the future against the virus looks like

Racing to find a COVID-19 vaccine. That’s the task facing pharmaceutical companies around the globe and right here in Connecticut. The CaroGen Corporation is among several Connecticut-based companies working on a vaccine The Farmington-based vaccine and immunology therapy company has been working on a formula since the pandemic’s early stages in February. CaroGen Corporation CEO Bijan Almassian says they...

Several local companies are working hard to stop COVID-19 by researching a vaccine