A Fairfield County child psychologist says constant use of social media impacts children's attention spans, memory processes and social-emotional responses.

Industrial-scale farming and food processing are greater factors in rising obesity numbers in Connecticut and worldwide than individual behavior,…

In states where Medicaid was expanded under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), women are more likely to receive breast cancer diagnoses at an early stage,…

After reporting for weeks that Connecticut Hispanics are only half as likely to die from COVID-19 as non-Hispanic whites, state officials now say that…

The federal health care law was known as Obamacare. And Republicans, including President Trump, campaigned on repealing it. That didn’t happen.“It’s the…

The rate of people without health insurance in rural Connecticut has gone down dramatically since the passage of the Affordable Care Act.That’s the…

Connecticut is receiving a $10 million grant that will be used to increase access to care for people with substance abuse and mental health disorders.The…

A growing body of research indicates that there are disparities based on race and ethnicity in health care overall. This is also true in the field of…

New federal data find that about one in 59 children has autism spectrum disorder.Connecticut Public Radio’s four-part series, Seeing Things Differently,…

Health care advocates say Connecticut needs to do a better job examining just how a person’s race can affect their health and their recovery from…