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Connecticut Launches New Era for Community Hospital Care
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (342+ words) March 4, 2026 | Jennifer Walker State and UConn leaders celebrate the historical moment cutting the ribbon for UConn Health Waterbury Hospital as part the UConn Health Community Network. Marked by a ceremonial ribbon cutting and attended by Governor Ned Lamont, state legislators,…...
Third Annual UConn Student-Organized Free Medical Clinic Coming to Willimantic
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (719+ words) March 4, 2026 | Jaclyn Severance Last year, UConn student volunteers helped provide more than $142,000 in care to 196 patients For the third consecutive year, a completely student-driven effort is bringing a two-day free medical, dental, and vision care clinic to Willimantic, this time…...
Studying ‘Creatures Great and Small’ as a Veterinary Pathologist
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (673+ words) March 4, 2026 | Jessica McBride, PhD Natalie Tocco "23 MA (CAHNR) grew up around animals. She had cats as companion pets, and her dad and uncle kept cows, horses, and chickens on a small farm in Rhode Island. Tocco"s love of animals…...
UConn Health Hosts 63rd CT High School Science and Humanities Symposium
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (506+ words) March 4, 2026 | Ellen Ravens-Seger Top finishers will be recognized at the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering's annual meeting this spring On Saturday, Feb. 28, high school students from across the state presented their original research and competed for cash and prizes…...
UConn Health’s Rapid, Coordinated Care Saves Woman with Ultra-Rare Blood Cancer
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (1460+ words) March 3, 2026 | Jennifer Walker Rich Callasky strongly believes his wife is still here today because of the decision to come to UConn John Dempsey Hospital. When Chris Callasky called her husband one afternoon in July 2024, she sounded frightened and confused. She…...
Study: Sympathy Works Best on Health Warnings
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (844+ words) March 3, 2026 | Kimberly Phillips UConn professor's research pit narrative versus nonnarrative pictorial warning labels against one another and measured their emotive effects Getting someone to curb or stop harmful behaviors takes not just a convincing argument, but one that evokes sympathy,…...
BMT Nurses Shine at 2026 Tandem Meetings
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (264+ words) March 2, 2026 | Lauren Woods Three nurses of The Blood and Marrow Transplantation team at UConn Health presented the program's latest research findings in Salt Lake City, Utah. Director Dr. Kapil Meleveedu with nurse research presenters from the BMT program Andrea Moran,…...
COVID Virus Declining in Northeast Animals
2+ week, 3+ day ago (802+ words) February 16, 2026 | Combined Reports During the first few years of the COVID-19 pandemic, the virus SARS-CoV-2 was detected in a number of non-human animal species. This included wild animal species as well as domestic animals such as dogs and cats. The…...
UConn Pharmacy Students Bring Clinical Care Expertise to Hartford Residents
3+ week, 2+ day ago (490+ words) February 10, 2026 | Alexander Klancko University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy students Kiley Keough, Salma Al Ramahi and Dina Merqina are hosting Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experiences (IPPE) clinics and events at Capital Towers and Shepard Park apartment complexes this semester. The clinics…...
‘Healthy Rounds’: Our Great Strides in Cardiology Care
3+ week, 2+ day ago (197+ words) February 10, 2026 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS) UConn Health cardiologist Dr. Peter Schulman joins Dr. Alessi to discuss the evolution of cardiovascular disease care and prevention Heart disease and heart attack are much more treatable, manageable, and preventable today than they were 40 or…...