Year of News:

1. CT contemplates doula certification, seeks input from those in the field, and more in this week’s roundup

   Friday, Jun 10, 2022

   This week’s Health News Roundup features stories about next steps in the state’s doula certification process, abortion providers preparing for an influx of patients, and more.

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2. How a race-based medical formula is keeping some Black men in prison, and more in this week’s roundup

   Friday, Apr 29, 2022

   This week’s Health News Roundup features stories about a race-based medical formula being used in courts, caution about publicizing health care providers’ demographic data, and more.

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3. Improving equity in cancer screening, and more in this week’s roundup

   Friday, Dec 03, 2021

   This week’s roundup features stories about why we must improve equity in cancer screening and more.

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4. Overcoming mistrust to encourage vaccination, and more in this week’s roundup

   Friday, Jan 15, 2021

   Michigan, Connecticut leaders join forces to discuss increasing equity in the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine
   Eliza Fawcett, The Hartford Courant,…

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5. Connecticut long-awaited health information exchange is set to launch at a critical time, and more in this week’s roundup

   Friday, Oct 16, 2020

   As pandemic wears on, Connecticut prepares to launch its long-awaited health information exchange
   Jenna Carlesso, The Connecticut Mirror, October…

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6. The importance of street medicine for the growing homeless population, and more in this week’s roundup

   Friday, Feb 21, 2020

   LINKING CARE WITH COMMUNITY

   Finding patients where they live: Street medicine grows, along with…

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7. Suicide attempts rising among black teenagers, and more in this week’s roundup

   Friday, Oct 18, 2019

   health care
   To save rural hospitals, Georgia requires classes for CEOs
   Sudhin Thanawala, Associated Press, October 13
   Alarmed by a rash of recent…

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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. Declaring racism a public health crisis, and more in this week’s roundup

   Friday, Aug 09, 2019

   CRIMINAL JUSTICE

   The criminal justice system is bad for your health, warns New York…

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10. The growing mental health crisis in migrant detention centers, a new way to pay doctors that’s paying off, and more in this week’s roundup

    Friday, Jul 26, 2019

    health equity
    How racial inequity is playing out in the opioid crisis
    Jenae Addison, PBS, July 18
    The opioid epidemic in the United States has…

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