17+ hour, 46+ min ago   (632+ words) A high amount of rainfall and humid conditions have created ideal conditions for mosquitoes in Connecticut as state officials say the West Nile virus has now been detected in 22 cities and towns and is spreading. “This has been a very…...

16+ hour, 40+ min ago   (516+ words) When veterinarian Melissa Magnotta goes for a house call she usually brings a cupcake or other treat, wears plain clothes instead of scrubs, and brings her most sympathetic listening ear. Magnotta is part of a network of vets nationally, called…...

12+ hour, 27+ min ago   (729+ words) Connecticut hospital officials are anticipating the loss of hundreds of millions of dollars as a result of new federal work requirements for Medicaid recipients. Lawmakers and hospital officials said the losses could result in cuts to services as 164,000 state residents,…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (175+ words) Connecticut may have a Quiet Corner, but according to a report by Alpine Hearing Protection, it’s the quietest state the country. According to the report which compared average max volumes, two states never exceeded the recommended 55-decibel limit for outdoors…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (1535+ words) For years, Connecticut lawmakers and elected officials have been laboring to understand — and curtail — rapidly rising healthcare costs. They first gathered data to measure annual growth in healthcare spending and established benchmark growth rates. The intent was for insurers and…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (649+ words) UConn School of Medicine physician-scientists have partnered with a precision medicine start-up company to explore treatments for pancreatic cancer that could be a game changer. Although the five-year survival rate for the deadly cancer has gone up from about five…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (188+ words) Hartford Courant “Despite challenging weather which made for slightly lower attendance vs previous years, the 2026 Connecticut Spring Boat Show raised a record-breaking $33,000 for Sails Up 4 Cancer (SU4C), surpassing all previous fundraising totals for the event,” according to a statement. “The three-day…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (776+ words) The plunging prices, the White House said, resulted from the Republican president’s “most favored nation” drug deals with pharmaceutical firms and the TrumpRx website, which it said are “delivering real relief to American families and putting patients first.” The real…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (558+ words) The fraction of kids exempted from vaccine requirements rose to 4.2%, up from 3.6% the year before. That’s an estimated 155,000 children nationally during the 2025-2026 school year. It’s the fourth consecutive year that the national average exemption rate has reached a new record,…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (1338+ words) Since the pandemic, the number of youth visiting emergency rooms for anxiety, suicidal ideation and depression has skyrocketed. Increasingly, that means children in emotional distress spend hours, days or weeks under fluorescent lights in austere environments as they wait for…...