Nicole Leonard
Health ReporterNicole Leonard joined Connecticut Public Radio to cover health care after several years of reporting for newspapers. In her native state of New Jersey, she covered medical and behavioral health care, as well as arts and culture, for The Press of Atlantic City. Her work on stories about domestic violence and childhood food insecurity won awards from the New Jersey Press Association.
While an undergraduate journalism student at Boston University, Nicole was a reporter for The Daily Free Press and a radio host at WTBU. As an intern, her work has also appeared in The Boston Globe and Boston.com. In her downtime, she watches way too many movies and television shows, which complicates her goal to become a better runner.
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More than 400 workers are prepared to strike April 22. Contract negotiations between union leaders and facility operators and owners are ongoing. -
Health providers say student loan debt and malpractice requirements make working in Connecticut unappealing to many physicians. Lawmakers are considering a bill this year that would establish a loan reimbursement program and introduce changes to entice more medical students to practice in Connecticut. -
Despite tighter federal restrictions on flavored e-cigarette products that took effect in 2020, supporters of a Connecticut bill say the state needs to implement its own ban on the sale of these products in order to drive down use among youth. -
The Covered Connecticut special enrollment period runs through June 30. -
Legislation proposed by Gov. Ned Lamont’s office would change the state’s threshold of action from 10 micrograms of lead per deciliter of blood to 3.5 micrograms. -
A proposed bill would make it legal for terminally ill residents to get a prescription for a lethal combination of medications that they could then take to end their own lives. -
Health policy experts and consumer protection advocates say Yale New Haven Health's proposed acquisition of two health systems, including three acute care hospitals, could negatively impact patients and insurance payers. -
Conn. health advocates call on state, federal governments to address 'shadow mental health pandemic'Advocates and health providers have called on the Connecticut legislature and Gov. Ned Lamont to invest more money into solutions to address crisis-level conditions in unmet behavioral health care needs among adults and children. -
Members of New England Health Care Employees Union, District 1199 SEIU, are asking the state to fill 330 job vacancies at a state-operated hospital in order to reopen addiction treatment beds that have been limited during the pandemic. -
Connecticut legislators and reproductive rights advocates gathered in Hartford Friday to mark the 49th anniversary of Roe v. Wade – perhaps for the last time.
