CT Health News Weekly Newsletter
August 3, 2025

Connecticut's health care scene is buzzing with developments this week, from the opening of a state-of-the-art cancer center in Fairfield and Greenwich Hospital's upgrade plans to New Haven's Elm City Bioscience Center advancements. Learn more about the debate surrounding out-of-network costs, the challenges of small business health insurance plans, and Backus Hospital's spine surgery award, alongside vital discussions on youth mental health. Important health news is made every day in our state, stay informed at www.cthealthnews.com!

Top News

School of Nursing Class of 2025, Reflects on Their Time as a Husky UConn Today 5/9/25	CT nursing homes warn of disruption as strike deadline nears for 51 facilities CT Insider 5/9/25	House Passes LGBTQ+ Anti-Discrimination Bill For Care Facilities CTNewsJunkie 5/9/25
Connecticut joins lawsuit alleging CVS overcharged Medicaid programs Stamford Advocate 5/9/25	Report: More Connecticut Small Businesses Drop Health Plans CBIA 5/9/25	CT RallyBio announces 40% workforce cut in New Haven layoffs Stamford Advocate 5/9/25
UConn Star Paige Bueckers Opens Up About Mental Health Before WNBA Debut Athlon Sports 5/8/25	Deidre Gifford to retire after running DSS, DPH and OHS CT Mirror 5/8/25	Nursing home transparency proposal could stifle related-party use — and needed investment; CT legislation pending McKnight's Long-Term Care News 5/8/25
When doctors don’t believe their patients’ pain – experts from UConn and Yale explain the all-too-common experience of medical gaslighting The Conversation 5/8/25	Healthcare Opportunities at GET HIRED Career Fair on June 10 CTHealthNews.com 5/7/25	Doctors, Lawmakers Describe Bill Capping Out-Of-Network Costs as ‘a Disaster’ CTNewsJunkie 5/7/25
CT State Community College launches new practical nursing certificate program FOX 61 5/7/25	UConn Health could buy more CT hospitals. Meet the man behind it Greenwich Time 5/7/25	Norwalk Hospital Parent Company Nuvance Health Completes Merger Patch 5/7/25
Griffin Hospital builds CT's first 'EmPATH unit' to treat mental health crises WSHU 5/7/25	Backus Hospital earns Joint Commission's spine surgery award Becker's Spine Review 5/6/25	Opinion: Connecticut has a chance to address ER overcrowding Connecticut Mirror 5/6/25
Greenwich Hospital's plan to upgrade its cancer-care facilities to undergo review by town board Greenwich Time 5/5/25	Durand returns to CT from Rhode Island to lead New Britain’s Hospital for Special Care Hartford Business Journal 5/5/25	Connecticut lawmakers to discuss youth mental health ‘crisis’ for Mental Health Awareness Month WTNH 5/5/25
State-of-the-art cancer center opens on Fairfield's Black Rock Turnpike Westfair Communications 5/5/25	New Haven officials celebrate new lab at Elm City Bioscience Center The Register Citizen 5/4/25	Opinion: For Mental Health Awareness Month, doctor prescribes a digital detox CT Insider 5/4/25
Griffin Hospital School of Allied Health Careers Offers CNA, PCT, Phlebotomy Programs Patch 5/3/25

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