CT Health News Weekly Newsletter
October 24, 2025

Buckle up, Connecticut! From Walgreens' potential $10B shakeup to groundbreaking AI in healthcare (and even Lamont's $10 treatment for a broken arm!), this week's newsletter dives deep into Connecticut’s ever-evolving health landscape. Don't miss this week's essential roundup from www.CTHealthNews.com, the fastest way to stay up to date on CT’s health sector!

Top News

Walgreens, owner of key CT healthcare companies, announces plans to go private in $10B deal Hartford Business Journal 3/7/25	Connecticut Children's president and CEO to step down at end of year Hartford Courant 3/7/25	SWCHC CEO: What about Medicaid funding cuts? Westfair Business Journal 3/7/25
Grateful Heart Attack Survivor Gives $1.5 Million to UConn School of Medicine UConn Today 3/7/25	Opinion: Worse than cancer: America's healthcare crisis CT Mirror 3/7/25	CT Among States Beginning Efforts To Ban Drug Advertising Inside Radio 3/6/25
CVS Health Foundation Boosts Support for Hartford’s Health Needs CTHealthNews.com 3/6/25	Analysis: CT could lose 600 jobs if Medicaid tax credits not renewed CT Inside Investigator 3/6/25	Bill would ban new private equity, REIT investment in CT nursing homes McKnight's Long-Term Care News 3/6/25
How to prepare for daylight saving time's impact on your health NBC Connecticut 3/5/25	BioXcel Therapeutics raises $14M in direct offering Hartford Business Journal 3/5/25	InterCommunity Health expands to serve more people in Hartford's North End Connecticut Public 3/4/25
Doctor: Connecticut 'exceedingly well vaccinated' against measles amid rising cases News 12 Connecticut 3/4/25	One-Quarter of Connecticut Adolescents Gamble, According to New Study Bonus.com 3/4/25	NYC reports two confirmed cases of measles NBC Connecticut 3/4/25
Stamford Health Nationally Recognized For Breast And Imaging Services Patch 3/4/25	Turning Research into Action: Lessons from a Public Health Educator and Student University of New Haven 3/4/25	Lamont broke his arm in India and paid just $10 for treatment The Register Citizen 3/4/25
Waterbury Teens Research Ways to Improve Public Health in their Hometown UConn Today 3/3/25	4 Connecticut Hospitals Among Best In The World, New Ranking Says Patch 3/3/25	United Healthcare change could leave Torrington residents without medical care Republican-American 3/3/25
First-of-its-kind health care AI competition launched in CT. Winner could bring in $100K Hartford Courant 3/2/25	Connecticut’s overdose deaths decline for third year despite more potent opiates in 2024 Middletown Press 3/1/25	'It's very scary.' Trump transgender care ban leaves CT teens in limbo News 12 Connecticut 3/1/25

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