Health

A shooting, a convention, a running mate, a president with COVID, an ominous election — and then Bob Newhart died, too. We felt an episode about how to find hope in dark times was needed.

Vaccination against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is 90% effective in preventing infants from being hospitalized with the respiratory virus, new CDC data shows.

Children and teens in Connecticut are driving up demand for a category of injectable weight loss drugs. But the surge in use has some doctors across the state concerned.

After a nurse injured her hip and could no longer work, Bridgeport Hospital created a virtual nursing position for her as an experiment.

The Catherine Violet Hubbard Animal Sanctuary in Newtown is becoming a place where children learn to be “kinder humans.”

Educators, activists and children are urging lawmakers to pass legislation aimed at protecting children from bullying and sexual exploitation on social media platforms.

Researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have quantified economic loss as a result of childhood abuse or neglect and other negative incidents.

A new study from the Yale School of Medicine saw a trend toward diagnosis of late stage cancers in people after incarceration.

Data shows that compared with white patients, Connecticut Latinos were more likely to not receive any treatment for lung cancer. Black people were less likely to get surgical treatment.

Torrential rains caused widespread problems across the region this summer, ruining crops, washing out roads and flooding homes. But there’s another, often unnoticed, consequence of all that rainwater pouring onto the ground — private wells are getting contaminated.