Connecticut's vaccination rates are among the highest in the country, but local doctors are still concerned about what they see as an increasing wariness and distrust by parents and patients of shots aimed at preventing various diseases like measles, mumps and rubella.
With a November implementation deadline fast approaching, healthcare providers are tasked with ensuring they are compliant with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Emergency Preparedness Rule.
These days, it may seem like Connecticut is the land of unsteady habits. As Gov. Malloy says, sometimes it just feels like we always see the glass half empty.
Connecticut has tried and failed several times over the past decade to build a statewide network that would enable more seamless sharing of patients' health data between their doctors and various other providers.
Ahmad Ali Davis, owner of the six-screen Parkade Cinemas in Manchester, knew his small 1950s-era movie house needed to change with the times to draw movie-watchers away from Netflix and the comforts of their own home theaters.
Q&A talks with Felix Rappaport, president & CEO of Foxwoods Resort Casino, about interactive gaming. Foxwoods recently introduced skill-based video game gambling machines in partnership with New York City-based GameCo Inc.
Florida Gov. Rick Scott's visit to Connecticut last week was as much a political stunt as it was an attempt to recruit companies to move to the Sunshine State.
Q&A talks with Dr. David Wang, director of Elite Sports Medicine at Connecticut Children's Medical Center, about youth sports and concussions, which occur after a blow to the head causes a transient change of neurologic function without any structural brain abnormality. Concussion symptoms include headache, dizziness, light sensitivity and memory impairment, which can lead to more significant and prolonged symptoms and in some rare cases even death if not treated properly.
Dr. Fausto Petruzziello has been a primary care physician for more than two decades. But over the last several years he saw big changes in the way he was practicing medicine — and not for the better.
Long before chiropractor Karlos Boghosian began adjusting patients' spines to improve their functionality and health, he made a seismic personal adjustment as a youth whose family fled their homeland amid religious persecution and war.
About a month before Connecticut careened into an extended legislative session to address its fiscal crisis, two industry-backed nonprofits joined forces with the hopes of giving businesses a bigger say in education reform.