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The decision marks the second closure of a Connecticut birthing unit within the last year.

This past summer, Connecticut’s emergency room admissions for heat-related illnesses spiked during heat advisories.

The Connecticut Office of Health Strategy has denied Nuvance Health’s application to terminate labor and delivery services at Sharon Hospital, according to a final decision published Monday.

Connecticut's Office of Health Strategy issued an initial denial of Trinity Health of New England’s application to close the labor and delivery unit at Johnson Memorial Hospital.

The Office of Health Strategy announced the decision more than three years after Windham Hospital applied to terminate birthing services.

Legislators and health care workers gathered at the state capitol on Wednesday to advocate for increased health care workplace safety measures following the murder of a visiting nurse in Willimantic.

A $1.2 million grant will improve access to behavioral health services for teens in the northwest corner of Connecticut, addressing one of the area’s most critical health care needs.

‘Major policy change’ provide the broadest increases to Medicaid rates for physician services in nearly two decades.

The Office of Health Strategy issued an initial denial of Hartford HealthCare’s application to shutter the labor and delivery unit at Windham Hospital, according to a proposed final decision published on July 5.

A group of Connecticut residents filed a proposed class-action lawsuit against Hartford HealthCare Monday, alleging the network uses its market dominance to charge higher prices to the state’s commercially insured residents.