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  1. The unequal impact of pollution, how food pantries can improve health, and more

    Friday, Mar 15, 2019

    RACE
    Study finds racial gap between who causes air pollution and who breathes it
    Jonathan Lambert, NPR, March 11
    Pollution, much like wealth, is…

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  2. 5 Tips for testifying at a public hearing

    Wednesday, Feb 28, 2018

    Today, our new VP of Policy and Communications, Paul Mounds Jr., shares his tips for testifying at a public hearing.

    The General Assembly is in…

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  3. Highlights from 2017

    Friday, Dec 29, 2017

    Lost Mothers
    ProPublica and NPRThe U.S. has the highest rate of deaths related to pregnancy and childbirth in the developed world. Half of the deaths…

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  4. Week of December 18, 2017

    Friday, Dec 22, 2017

    health equity
    A last push for Obamacare Sign-ups — and worries about who got hurt
    Kate Zernike, Robert Pear, The New York Times, December 15…

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  5. Week of November 27, 2017

    Friday, Dec 01, 2017

    HEALTH EQUITY
    By reducing the income of poorer Americans, the Senate tax bill may worsen health outcomes
    Shanoor Seervai and David Blumenthal, M.D.,…

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  6. The effects of CT’s budget cuts on access to dental care

    Monday, Nov 20, 2017

    Today’s post is written by Mary Boudreau, Executive Director of the Connecticut Oral Health Initiative (COHI), one of CT Health’s oral health…

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  7. Week of November 13, 2017

    Friday, Nov 17, 2017

    Health Equity
    Scientists start to tease out the subtler ways racism hurts health
    Rae Ellen Bichell, NPR, November 11
    What does the repeated…

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  8. Week of November 6, 2017

    Friday, Nov 10, 2017

    Health equity
    Sickle cell patients suffer discrimination, poor care — and shorter lives
    Jenny Gold, Kaiser Health News, November 6Sickle cell…

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  9. Week of August 14, 2017

    Monday, Aug 14, 2017

    Health equity
    Contaminated childhood: The chronic lead poisoning of low-income children and communities of color in the United States
    Emily A.…

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  10. NEW BRIEF: Impact of Reducing Eligibility for HUSKY Parents from 155% of FPL to 138% of FPL

    Wednesday, Mar 01, 2017

    Impact of Reducing Eligibility for HUSKY Parents from 155% of FPL to 138% of FPL
    Potential Impact of Governor’s Budget Proposal on HUSKY…

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