Found 10 results

  1. Racially biased test kept Black patients from receiving kidney transplants, and more in this week’s roundup

    Friday, Apr 05, 2024

    Stories about the nursing workforce becoming more diverse, a racially biased test that prevented Black patients from receiving kidneys, a study on long-COVID, LGBT adults’ experiences with health care, and mobile dental care for school-aged children.

    View

  2. Alzheimer’s diagnoses come later for Black patients, and more in this week’s roundup

    Friday, Dec 01, 2023

    Stories about Black patients facing delays in receiving an Alzheimer’s diagnosis, a potential link between lead exposure and liver injury, a lack of data equity for Asian Americans, a proposal that could expand dental care, and the problem deaf patients in CT are facing at medical centers around the state.

    View

  3. Grants will support advocacy for coverage expansion

    Thursday, Oct 19, 2023

    Grants from the Connecticut Health Foundation will support advocacy efforts to expand health care coverage to more immigrants and to ensure that those who are eligible can get covered.

    View

  4. Fixing inequities in the kidney transplant waitlist, and more in this week’s roundup

    Friday, Jun 16, 2023

    Stories about fixing inequities in kidney transplants, the Medicaid unwinding, dental therapists, the link between pool safety and racial equity, and the need for racial diversity among health care leaders.

    View

  5. Grants to support advocacy on oral health care, maternal health, Medicaid

    Tuesday, Apr 11, 2023

    Connecticut Health Foundation awards five grants this quarter totaling $360,000.

    View

  6. Grant will support Waterbury community care team sustainability

    Tuesday, Apr 05, 2022

    Connecticut Health Foundation awards two grants this quarter

    View

  7. Black women and the pandemic, and more in this week’s roundup

    Thursday, Sep 02, 2021

    In this news roundup, learn about the Black mortality gap, who is unvaccinated in Connecticut, and more.

    View

  8. Telemedicine and family doctors, barriers to dental care for people with developmental disorders, and more in this week’s roundup

    Friday, Apr 26, 2019

    ORAL HEALTH
    Dental care is tough to find for people with autism, other developmental disorders
    David Tuller, The Washington Post, April 22
    People…

    View

  9. Complex questions of fairness in organ donations, barriers to treatment for moms with depression, and more in this week’s roundup

    Friday, Apr 12, 2019

    HEALTH EQUITY
    Silenced by fear
    Aneri Pattani, Philadelphia Inquirer, April 5
    Experts agree that postpartum depression is highly underreported.…

    View

  10. Grant will support national effort to rethink the future of health and well-being

    Monday, Apr 01, 2019

    HARTFORD, Conn. (April 1, 2019) – The Connecticut Health Foundation is joining a national philanthropic partnership to develop new visions for…

    View

See all News