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Alcohol consumption by women with children younger than 5 surged during the pandemic. Where We Live discusses triggers, coping mechanisms, and treatment options available to treat women with alcohol use disorder.

On this episode of Audacious with Chion Wolf, meet audacious elders! Hear stories about what’s it like to; go viral for wearing a wedding dress at 94, set a record for running at 105 years old, ride in a WW2 biplane at 97, and more.

Gov. Ned Lamont’s office confirmed Friday afternoon that an executive order requiring employees at nursing homes, assisted living facilities and other kinds of centers to be vaccinated against the virus will now take effect Sept. 27.

Health care advocates had dreams of epic proportions when the tobacco industry agreed to pay Connecticut more than $2 billion to settle a landmark lawsuit over its youth marketing practices.But those dreams became a nightmare over the next two decades when only a tiny fraction of Connecticut’s bounty was designated for anti-smoking efforts.

Gov. Ned Lamont has announced his pick to lead the state Department of Public Health. Manisha Juthani is a physician of infectious diseases at the Yale School of Medicine.

Advocates are gearing up for another push to require a minimum of 4.1 hours of direct care per resident in nursing homes as COVID exacerbates the need.

Many Connecticut hospitals want to have all employees fully vaccinated by end of September.

There have been fewer than 50 full face transplant recipients in the world. And up until 2019, there had been zero done for African-Americans. By the time…

What happens to women’s bodies during menopause? This hour, a frank conversation with OB/GYN Jen Gunter about what your mother probably called “The…

Do you ever look back on something you did and wonder, “Why did I do that?” Meet people who’ve robbed gas stations, abused lab animals, and sent death…