Connecticut college expanding access to birth control
Connecticut is expanding access to birth control. Pharmacists are now allowed to prescribe contraception and students can buy it on college campuses.
Connecticut touts contraceptive vending machine, new program for pharmacists to prescribe birth control
Gov. Ned Lamont (D-Conn.) was at the UConn School of Pharmacy on Friday to tout initiatives aimed at expanding access to ...
CDC site scrubs HIV content following Trump DEI policies
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday is scrubbing a swath of HIV-related content from the agency’s ...
Trump ties CT transportation funding to immigration compliance, birth rates. ‘A confusing mess’: Lamont.
The memo said the Trump administration would “give preference to communities with marriage and birth rates higher than the ...
What will Trump's second term and Feb. 1 tariff threat mean for Connecticut's big manufacturers?
Leaders of manufacturers such as Amphenol, General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin and Electric Boat said they'll be ready for ...
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FDA Approves First Non-Opioid Painkiller In 20+ Years: 'A Historic Milestone'
The Food and Drug Administration has approved a first-of-its-kind non-opioid pain medication, providing a new option for ...
A new use of Ozempic and creating a healthier Super Bowl menu
In Friday’s Health headlines, we’re talking about a new use for Ozempic that the Food and Drug Administration approved this week. Also, what to know if you’re cooking with beer and wine and ...
About half of Americans approve of using weight-loss drugs to treat obesity, AP-NORC poll finds
The AP-NORC poll shows about half of Americans “strongly” or “somewhat” favor having the federal programs Medicare and ...
Fact check: Kennedy repeats false and misleading claims in confirmation hearing
In his first Senate confirmation hearing to be secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. repeated claims we have written about before on vaccines and chronic ...
FDA approves new painkiller that shows promise and challenges of opioid alternatives
Vertex has attracted interest from Wall Street for its ambitious drug pipeline that involves winning FDA approval for multiple drugs across several forms of chronic pain, which generally represents a ...
Connecticut state leaders push for over-the-counter access to Naloxone
State leaders are calling for increased access to Naloxone at pharmacies as part of a statewide harm reduction partnership. Naloxone has contributed to preventing ...
Judge halts Trump's funding freeze as administration offers payouts to federal workers
Trump continues his crackdown on illegal immigration and takes executive action on federal aid and DEI initiatives.