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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The Hilltop Residential Program for young adults 18 to 25 years old in Hartford will close Nov. 19, state officials said. Clients of the voluntary supervised program, operated by the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, will be relocated to other residential placements in the city. -
Climate change-induced events will happen with more frequency or greater intensity if major steps aren’t taken to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions and a warming planet. What’s clear is that human health and safety are increasingly at risk. -
Nearly 150 unionized health care workers at Sunrise Northeast group homes went out on strike Tuesday morning. -
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency has lifted a 14-year ban on new applications to establish mobile methadone vans. Connecticut treatment providers say they intend to expand access to methadone for people suffering from opioid use disorder. -
Strike notices were delivered Tuesday morning at Whole Life Inc. and Network Inc. with a strike date of Oct. 5. -
The back-to-school survey revealed that adequate ventilation and air quality systems in buildings was a top priority among educators this fall, along with quarantine policies, social distancing measures and testing protocols. -
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. -
UConn and UConn Health employees will have until Oct. 15 to show proof of vaccination or get approved for a medical, religious or personal belief exemption. -
Residents, community leaders, activists and health care providers came together this past year to form a grassroots coalition to protest Hartford HealthCare’s decision to close Windham Hospital’s labor and delivery services, which have been offered at its site on Mansfield Avenue for 88 years.
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Insurance companies are requesting average premium increases for coverage in 2022 between 5.1% and 15.8%, which are higher than last year.
