health services

A 5-year-old boy vomiting blood became the first cross-border victim in the current Ebola outbreak on Wednesday, while his 3-year-old brother and grandmother tested positive for the disease that has killed nearly 1,400 people in Congo. The outbreak’s spread into Uganda prompted the World Health Organization to revisit whether the second-largest Ebola epidemic in history should be declared a global...

CVS Health is pushing deeper into health services with plans to add dietitians, medical equipment and space for the occasional yoga class to 1,500 stores over the next few years. The drugstore chain that quit selling tobacco several years ago said Tuesday it will expand a store model it recently tested. Its HealthHub stores will have about twice as much...

CVS Health is pushing deeper into health services with plans to add dietitians, medical equipment and space for the occasional yoga class to 1,500 stores over the next few years. The drugstore chain that quit selling tobacco several years ago said Tuesday it will expand a store model it recently tested. Its HealthHub stores will have about twice as much...

If you often feel exhausted or mentally distant at work, the World Health Organization may have a diagnosis for you: Burnout. For the first time, the WHO has officially classified workplace burnout as an occupational phenomenon in its latest revision of the International Classification of Diseases. The agency previously defined burnout as a “state of vital exhaustion,” but this is...

With a nursing home strike delayed, all eyes are on the General Assembly and whether Connecticut lawmakers will spend more money on Medicaid.

The Supreme Court on Monday avoided a high-profile case by rejecting appeals from Kansas and Louisiana in their effort to strip Medicaid money from Planned Parenthood, over the dissenting votes of three justices. The court’s order reflected a split among its conservative justices and an accusation from Justice Clarence Thomas that his colleagues seemed to be ducking the case for...

It’s been a year in the making, but CVS Health finally closed Wednesday on its acquisition of Aetna, creating a new health-care powerhouse. The merger combines CVS’ pharmacies with Aetna’s insurance business, blurring traditionally distinct lines in hopes of lowering costs. CVS also has one of largest pharmacy benefits managers through CVS Caremark and a major Medicare Part D plan...

Free delivery. A membership fee. It’s not Amazon Prime, though it sounds like it. CVS is piloting a program in Boston that includes free delivery on most prescriptions and online purchases, access to a pharmacist helpline, a 20 percent discount on all CVS-branded products and a monthly $10 coupon. Called CarePass, a membership costs $48 annually or $5 monthly, less...

Connecticut has more than 200 school districts, but some don’t have enough children to fill classrooms, while other districts must decide whether to close deteriorating schools that could cost millions to fix.

A female inmate at York Correctional Institution in Niantic gave birth in her cell Tuesday morning and the state Department of Correction is conducting an internal investigation.

A severe flu season is causing problems for some schools in the state.

Catalonia’s leader called Monday for international mediation and for the European Union “to stop looking the other way” in the region’s bid to secede from Spain, a day after a violent crackdown by Spanish police trying to block an independence referendum left hundreds bruised. Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont also said a special commission would investigate why Spanish police fired rubber...

President Donald Trump, the author of the best-selling book, “The Art of the Deal,” is about to see his deal-making abilities ratified in a legislative showdown on the House floor — or dramatically rebuffed. Trump, in a message relayed by White House officials, demanded that House Republican leaders vote Friday on a GOP-backed health care bill embraced by the president,...

Here are highlights of the legislation unveiled Monday by House Republicans as they move to dismantle former President Barack Obama’s health care law and replace it with a system designed along conservative lines. Primarily affected would be some 20 million people who purchase their own private health plans directly from an insurer and the more than 70 million covered by...

Nearly four months after it was first detected, officials announced Thursday a leak of natural gas from a Southern California Gas Co. storage well in Porter Ranch has been permanently capped.

The FBI and San Bernardino law enforcement authorities held a press conference Tuesday asking for the public’s help in filling an 18-minute gap in the movements of San Bernardino shooting suspects Syed Farook and Tashmin Malik on the day of the incident.

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Saddleback mega Church Pastor Rick Warren joined thousands of San Bernardino county employees in remembering the colleagues killed in the December terror attack, and in summoning strength to deal with their grief and move forward in the New Year.

“Laying down one’s life out of love is not easy.” Read Pope Francis’ full speech from the Festival of Families.