Health Care

Health care advocates in New Haven joined activists in other cities and countries this week in calling on highly developed nations, including the United States, and pharmaceutical companies to make COVID-19 vaccines more accessible to underserved nations.

In Connecticut, 84.4% of the state's entire population has received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose and 72.2% are fully vaccinated, according to CDC data.

The fate of abortion in the U.S. appears to be on shaky ground as a divided Supreme Court weighs a Mississippi law. A decision in the case is expected by summer.

President Biden said that while restrictions imposed on travelers from several nations in southern Africa would slow the variant's entry, the U.S. will eventually see cases.

People in some of the more rural parts of the state face fewer birthing options as three hospitals move to suspend labor and delivery services.

When University of Connecticut student Natalie Plebanek was 16 years old, she suffered heavy menstrual periods and subsequent fainting spells. But when she asked her pediatrician about a prescription for birth control pills, proven to reduce menstrual bleeding significantly, the doctor balked, citing a common myth.

Tuesday's verdict comes as CVS, Walgreens and Walmart face thousands of lawsuits filed by communities across the U.S. The companies say they did nothing wrong dispensing huge quantities of opioids.

The 28-member commission is the direct result of a bill that passed with bipartisan support in the last legislative session. It declared racism a public health crisis in Connecticut.

This hour on The Colin McEnroe Show: Who’s running for president in 2024? Why isn’t there a COVID vaccine for pets? And what happened to Eric Clapton?

This hour on The Colin McEnroe Show, we bring together both skeptics and believers in an attempt to pin down exactly what constitutes “woo-woo.”