Health

The City of Hartford is collaborating with Headspace, a popular mental health app, and Copper Beech Institute, a wellness nonprofit in West Hartford, in response to escalating anxiety and depression among residents, city officials said.

The proposed Child Care for Every Community Act would be expected to provide free child care to families earning 75%, or less, of their area's median household income.

Following the CDC’s recommendation to get the updated COVID-19 vaccine for the fall and winter season, Connecticut towns are launching campaigns to spread the message.

This hour, we hear about efforts where we live to address loneliness and isolation after the "epidemic" was highlighted by U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy in a recent advisory.

A new state-sponsored prescription drug discount card program promises savings of between 20 and 80 percent

Poor air quality has been a major concern this year in New England, but a new Yale-led study is highlighting how certain racial groups have suffered disproportionate health impacts from air pollution for years.

As many as three million people get concussions every year, but about half go undiagnosed. Today, on Where We Live, we talk about these so-called mild brain injuries: the misconceptions, the reality, and what’s new in Traumatic Brain Injury research.

Researchers took skin cells from patients with autism and from their fathers who did not have autism. They then used those cells modeling brain development in-vitro.

The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (CAES) is continuing to report more positive cases of West Nile virus among mosquitoes in the state. Experts say the excessive warm, damp conditions this summer is helping the insects thrive.

Age may be just a number, but age discrimination is on the rise. This hour on Where We Live, we talk about ageism in and out of the workplace, and how to change our attitudes about getting older.