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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has 'set us back decades' by firing experts working on infectious disease prevention, Rep. Rosa DeLauro said.

The state’s Department of Public Health is encouraging children 6 months and older, as well as adults of all ages, to get vaccinated.

About 40% of Connecticut households couldn’t afford basic needs in 2023, United Way found, and poverty is growing fastest outside urban areas.

The collapse of Prospect Medical, a for-profit hospital chain plundered by private equity and the company’s management, has generated a painful litany of woes.

Advocates want a 50-50 split in casino slot revenues, saying it would help restore towns to the level of support they received decades ago.

Gov. Ned Lamont’s former top fiscal adviser, Jeffrey Beckham, asked Lamont to withdraw his nomination as a judge of the CT Superior Court.

Survivors also want to expand the definition of child sexual abuse to include provisions around AI-generated material and more.

As the hospital industry seeks a new multiyear financial arrangement with Connecticut, both are threatened by huge cuts in federal Medicaid assistance.

What’s a shield law and how would a new bill impact patients receiving telehealth reproductive care and the providers giving it? What to know.

Bill would require the Dept. of Insurance to hold a public hearing when insurers’ rate hike requests exceed 10%, notify lawmakers in advance.

Troopers demonstrated new tasers, bodycams, virtual reality training and other software Wednesday. CT has approved $120M for the equipment.

At a ribbon-cutting at Waterbury Hospital Wednesday, Gov. Lamont said it’s unclear how much in unpaid taxes CT will recover from Prospect.

The bill would require that schools alert the education department when kids are withdrawn for homeschooling so it could then notify DCF.