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  1. Mental health care that meets people where they are, and more in this week’s roundup

    Friday, Mar 21, 2025

    Health insurance financial aid in Connecticut expiring this year, federal funding cuts impact Connecticut food banks and schools, how a street psychiatrist earns patients’ trust, a clinic dedicated to treating the homeless population, and which women are most affected by abortion bans.

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  2. The health impacts of unreliable internet, and more in this week’s roundup

    Friday, Mar 14, 2025

    How potential Medicaid cuts could affect Connecticut residents, how a lack of internet access impacts some Americans’ health, lessons learned five years after Connecticut’s first case of COVID-19, more Black teens experiencing mental health crises, how food insecurity can impact cardiovascular health.

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  3. Disparities in heart disease, and more in this week’s roundup

    Friday, Jan 31, 2025

    Sleep-related infant deaths higher among some communities of color, racial and ethnic disparities in heart disease, mental health services have faltered over the last few years, a gap in coverage leaves some Native Americans uninsured, and flavored tobacco products disproportionately hit CT youth and minorities.

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  4. Formerly incarcerated women in CT to receive help accessing health care, and more in this week’s roundup

    Wednesday, Nov 27, 2024

    New partnership aims to connect women leaving CT prison to health care, a third woman dies under Texas abortion ban, premature deaths remain at all-time high, gaps in mental health coverage in CT, and racial disparities in hearing aid use.

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  5. Millions more have become uninsured, and more in this week’s roundup

    Friday, Aug 09, 2024

    After electricity is cut from tiny homes in New Haven its residents are facing health challenges, Black people with Parkinson’s underdiagnosed, those experiencing colorism report feeling failed by health system, disparities widen among those needing post-discharge care from hospitals, and millions cut from state Medicaid programs leaving them uninsured.

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  6. CT colon cancer screening program is first of its kind, and more in this week’s roundup

    Friday, May 17, 2024

    A new strategy to address maternal mental health; colon cancer screenings in CT prisons; new study on breast cancer genes could help identify risks for Black women; how opioid settlement money is being used in CT; and the challenges those with disabilities are facing during Medicaid ‘unwinding.’

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  7. Meeting moms where they are: A community health worker brings mental health to the grocery store

    Friday, May 10, 2019

    Kimberly Streater in the MOMS Partnership hub at Stop & Shop in New Haven, where she…

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  8. Clifford Beers Clinic: A new way to meet the needs of children and families living with autism

    Monday, Jul 16, 2018

    Trude Piscitelli and her colleagues figured demand would be high when they opened the Clifford Beers Marne Street Clinic, a center devoted to those…

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  9. Q&A: A pediatrician offers insights on autism, disparities, and talking to your child’s doctor

    Monday, May 21, 2018

    Early intervention can make a huge difference in the lives of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), but research shows that many children…

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  10. Grant will help sustain successful treatment model for children with mental health and medical needs

    Wednesday, Mar 28, 2018

    HARTFORD, Conn. (March 28, 2018) – Clifford Beers Clinic developed an innovative and successful program to better meet the needs of children and…

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