Year of News:

1. What it will take to end health disparities, and more in this week’s roundup

   Friday, Jul 21, 2023

   Stories on what experts say must happen to end racial health disparities, the legacy of housing discrimination on health, why hospitals are seeking to stop delivering babies, and an effort to train more Black and Latino social workers.

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2. NEW REPORT: A roadmap for advancing health equity through data

   Wednesday, Jun 16, 2021

   HARTFORD, Conn. (June 16, 2021) – A new report released by the Connecticut Health Foundation aims to help health care providers, state officials,…

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3. Disparities in breast cancer and kidney transplants, and more in this week’s roundup

   Friday, Jun 11, 2021

   Telemedicine a blessing for some, inaccessible for others
   Cara Rosner, Connecticut Health I-Team, June 7
   Telehealth has helped connect patients to…

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4. The lifelong consequences of growing up homeless in Connecticut, and more in this week’s roundup

   Friday, Jan 31, 2020

   HEALTH DISPARITIES

   Access to care may explain disparities in prostate cancer outcomes

   Nicholas…

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5. What the U.S. can learn from Taiwan’s single-payer health care system, and more in this week’s roundup

   Friday, Jan 17, 2020

   HEALTH DISPARITIES

   Race and medicine: The harm that comes from mistrust

   Austin Frakt, The New York…

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6. Reducing medical costs through housing, and more in this week’s roundup

   Friday, Nov 08, 2019

   HEALTH EQUITY

   ‘Culture Matters’: A video to combat health care disparities
   Annika…

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7. A new health policy podcast, and more in this week’s roundup

   Friday, Oct 25, 2019

   HEALTH EQUITY

   Poor communities hit hard by pharmacy closures

   Steven Ross Johnson, Modern…

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8. A new tool helps CT residents compare the costs of medical procedures, and more in this week’s roundup

   Friday, Oct 11, 2019

   CONNECTICUT

   Medical procedure cost estimator launched

   Christine Stuart, CT News Junkie,…

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9. Doctors are making house calls to the homeless in California, and more in this week’s roundup

   Friday, Oct 04, 2019

   Access to care

   ‘Out here, it’s just me’: In the medical desert of rural America, one doctor for 11,000 square miles
   Eli Saslow, The…

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10. Connecticut’s hospitals look beyond their doors to improve health

    Tuesday, Oct 01, 2019

    Having an asthma treatment plan for your child goes only so far if your apartment building is infested with mold. A healthful diet is essential to…

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