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Info-Sharing Pact Advances
by | Feb 23, 2024 12:18 pm | Comments (1)
Alders voted to make it easier to share data on older homes with lead paint that pose a threat to children’s health.
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Arvinas Moves Ahead With 2 New Drugs
by | Feb 21, 2024 9:12 am | Comments (10)
Inside the Arvinas lab.
A growing New Haven biopharma company won “fast-track” federal review for a drug it’s developing to fight breast cancer.
Meanwhile it administered the first human test dose of another drug it has under development, to tackle neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson’s.
Cancer Fighters Call On Faith
by | Feb 19, 2024 1:09 pm | Comments (1)
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Steve Harvin with his friend Rev. John Cotten at Sunday's event.
The same God that protected Steve Harvin in combat in Mogadishu, Somalia, in 1993, as a soldier with the 75th Army Ranger Regiment, is continuing to protect — and heal — him in an ongoing battle with cancer.
Sunday evening Harvin raised his hand in praise, along with more than a dozen other cancer survivors in a moving, music and prayer-filled celebration inside a New Haven church billed as “Faith Over Cancer.”
Grand Apizza? Try Grand Apharmacy
by | Feb 16, 2024 2:04 pm | Comments (7)
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George Carranzo packing up what's now the 2nd pizzeria purchased by Fair Haven Health.
A storied pizzeria that fed Fair Haven for generations will soon transform into a pharmacy providing health care to low-income and uninsured residents.
New YNHH Prez Named
by | Feb 15, 2024 1:45 pm | Comments (4)
Heilpern: From NYC to the Elm City.
A former leader at New York-Presbyterian is headed to New Haven to serve as the next president of Yale New Haven Hospital.
"Ultrafine" Pollution Enters Tweed Debate
by | Feb 13, 2024 4:12 pm | Comments (62)
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Tiny particles from Tweed planes like this one have raised concerns about Morris Cove air.
An air pollution researcher reported finding that unregulated “ultrafine” particles spike when Tweed airplanes take off and land — prompting neighbors to consider whether to adjust their daily routines to avoid air pollution, and the airport to double down on plans to expand their operations.
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Health Dept. Move Centers "Wellness"
by | Feb 1, 2024 5:26 pm | Comments (1)
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City Health Director Maritza Bond Thursday at her department's new HQ: Wellness the new "holistic approach."
City officials cut the ribbon on a “health and wellness” center — and hoped the fresh color scheme and branding strategy could sell STI tests, school physicals and flu vaccinations to the public as presents rather than punishments.
City Puts Radon On The Radar
by | Jan 22, 2024 3:14 pm | Comments (4)
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Monique Ricks on her Healthy Homes-funded porch: Don't forget to remember about radon. The city is distributing 50 free test kits this week.
Monique Ricks can breathe easy — now that she’s sure her home is radon free.
Rehab Facility Fights To Get Moving
by | Jan 16, 2024 9:30 am | Comments (5)
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New Haven nursing home patients may fret less about flu season next year — if a Bronx-based assisted living company gets the green light to build 150 beds, pave half as many parking spaces and bring ultraviolet disinfection tech to the Hill neighborhood.
Medical Debt Book Talk Reckons With Aggressive Collection's Consequences
by | Dec 5, 2023 12:19 pm | Comments (7)
May 2001 article in the New Haven Advocate.
On May 31, 2001, an article, headlined “The Predator on the Hill,” appeared in the now-defunct New Haven Advocate. The predator: Yale-New Haven Hospital.
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Overdose-Prevention Grant Heralded On Grand
by | Nov 21, 2023 2:49 pm | Comments (25)
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Mayor Elicker (at podium) and regional health leaders on Tuesday.
Roughly $10 million in federal aid will flow to the New Haven area over the next five years to help municipal health departments take a regional approach in combating the opioid epidemic through the hiring of 10 case-management “navigators” and the cross-town sharing of overdose data.
This aid comes as the number of overdose deaths in 2022 reached 490 in New Haven county, including 128 in the city itself.
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1,100 Smiles Brightened At Free Dental Clinic
by | Oct 30, 2023 3:22 pm | Comments (7)
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Leonard Gorham with Dr. Frederick Landy at Floyd Little-hosted clinic.
In the midst of a teeming bazaar of dental specialists cleaning, drilling, and extracting at Floyd Little Athletic Center, Leonard Gorham, a 71-year-old Air Force veteran from New Haven, relaxed into his dental chair, waiting to be fitted for a partial denture.
Its cost, ordinarily $500 to $1,500, was $0.00.
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City Lands $7.7M Federal Lead-Abatement Grant
by | Oct 27, 2023 4:19 pm | Comments (6)
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A lead paint-chipped windowsill in Fair Haven.
Lead paint hazards will be removed from 200 more New Haven homes — and 130 local contractors, maintenance workers, and landlords will receive training in how to do that children’s-health-protecting work — now that the city has been awarded a new $7.7 million federal grant.
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City Gets The Lead (Word) Out
by | Oct 24, 2023 3:28 pm | Comments (1)
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Maritza Bond and Rafael Ramos at WNHH FM.
Rafael Ramos grabbed a Swiffer and a damp rag and hit the streets this week, to help save the lives of the youngest New Haveners.
3 Pastors Blast Safe-Injection Sites
by | Oct 24, 2023 9:00 am | Comments (59)
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Pastors Cesar Padilla, Teresa Rivera, and Miguel Castro: Each overcame addiction "when the Lord Jesus came in our lives."
Three pastors and a mayoral challenger took to the steps of City Hall to criticize the Elicker administration for even considering establishing a safe-use injection site downtown — with the clergy arguing that spirituality is the best balm for addiction, and the Republican candidate claiming that city government is further along in such a plan than it has made itself out to be.
Free Dental Clinic Coming To Floyd Little Athletic Center
by | Oct 24, 2023 8:34 am | Comments (0)
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At Monday's dental clinic-boosting press conference.
Eight hundred volunteers will be be descending upon Sherman Parkway later this week to provide cost-free, first-come-first-served dental care to New Haveners in need of everything from x‑rays to fillings to tooth extractions to limited root canals.
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New Clinic Entrance To Pivot From Sidewalk
by | Oct 16, 2023 1:45 pm | Comments (2)
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This type of sliding-door won't face Grand Ave., per Fair Haven Health application.
The sliding-door front entrance to Fair Haven Community Health Care’s new Grand Avenue clinic building won’t face Grand Avenue, but will instead point east towards the center’s existing headquarters — in order to prioritize accessibility for patients with disabilities and to avoid existing high-voltage power lines.
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City To Style Up More Salon Inspections
by | Oct 12, 2023 8:55 am | Comments (10)
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Fatou braids a client's hair, hopes for more landlord accountability.
A new layer of city regulation is coming to local hair, piercing, tattoo, and nail salons — sparking a debate over the burden of annual inspection fees, and prompting one African hair braider to hope that more leverage against neglectful commercial landlords is on the horizon.
Ex-Patients Sue Yale Over Fentanyl Diversion At Fertility Clinic
by | Oct 10, 2023 5:03 pm | Comments (0)
Seven former patients at a Yale fertility clinic have launched a new lawsuit against the university — in the latest turn in a high-profile scandal involving fentanyl theft and excruciatingly painful procedures for patients who were told they were getting painkillers, but wound up being operated on sober.
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Door Opened For Menthol Cigarette Ban
by | Oct 9, 2023 8:55 am | Comments (35)
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Beaver Hills Alder Tom Ficklin (right), with city Environmental Health Director Rafael Ramos: New Haven should "not wait for anyone else and instead be a leader" on a menthol ban.
The city’s health director and a Beaver Hills alder are calling for a citywide ban on menthol cigarettes — while small business owners warned that such a prohibition could drive customers to look to other shops in other towns for not just smoking products, but also bread and milk and gas.
CDC Director Boosts New Covid Booster
by | Oct 5, 2023 12:40 pm | Comments (41)
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CDC Director Mandy Cohen (second from right): Time to get another Covid shot.
The nation’s top public health official swung by Fair Haven Thursday morning with a vaccine-promoting message: Covid is still with us, and so now is the latest shot designed to protect everyone from an ever-changing virus.
Get the shot, she urged, and don’t worry about paying for it, as the costs should be covered by private insurance and the federal government.
Shutdown Averters Seek Gov't Funding Fix
by | Oct 2, 2023 5:46 pm | Comments (8)
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End Hunger Connecticut's Lucy Nolan: A shutdown would be "horrendous" for families in need of food.
If the federal government shuts down, state agencies and local organizations can only do so much to stop children from going hungry, seniors from shivering in the winter, and healthcare centers from shuttering.
Suicide Prevention Guide Lays Grounds For Hope
by | Oct 2, 2023 12:39 pm | Comments (4)
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Health Equity Fellow Sophie Edelstein and Coordinator of Community Mental Health Initiatives Lorena Mitchell.
Male New Haveners are almost three times more likely to die by suicide — not “commit suicide” — than female city residents.
That’s according to a newly published City of New Haven Suicide Prevention Guide, which through a deep dive into data and a person-focused shift in language seeks to promote better mental health through understanding instead of stigma.
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Kickball, & Push-Ups, & Staying Active In PE
by | Oct 2, 2023 8:35 am | Comments (1)
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Best friends Monserrat Martinez and Dazani Hough: Ready for gym class.
As a white ball bounced towards Monserrat Martinez, the Roberto Clemente school sixth grader locked eyes with it — and then kicked it with all her might, sending it across the gymnasium and giving her the chance to sprint towards the safety of first base.
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Sign Of Hope OK'd For East Rock Overlook
by | Sep 26, 2023 12:01 pm | Comments (17)
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A newly installed 988 sign on the Ferry Street Bridge.
Three hopeful numbers will be posted atop East Rock Park, in a sign urging those who are considering harming themselves to reach out to a new national suicide-prevention hotline instead.