3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (195+ words) Global health and disaster-relief nonprofit Americares says it has received a $50 million gift — the largest donation in the organization’s history. The Stamford-based nonprofit says the donation comes from a philanthropic Connecticut family that has supported Americares for 30 years, and will…...

4+ day, 36+ min ago   (166+ words) A Danbury-based drugmaker has entered into a licensing and collaboration agreement to develop an inhaled weight-loss treatment. MannKind Corp. is partnering with Rose Pharma Inc. on the experimental treatment. The drug will combine Rose Pharma’s GLP-1 compound, ROSE-010, with MannKind’s…...

5+ day, 40+ min ago   (323+ words) The new program will send specially trained paramedics into patients’ homes in 10 rural Eastern Connecticut communities. Hartford HealthCare, Backus Hospital in Norwich and American Ambulance Service on Tuesday launched Connecticut’s first state-designated Mobile Integrated Health program, nearly a decade after…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (174+ words) Make-A-Wish Connecticut President and CEO Pamela Keough will retire Nov. 1 after leading the nonprofit for 13 years, the organization announced this week. The Trumbull-based nonprofit’s board has named longtime Chief Development Officer Tara Navara as her successor, effective Nov. 2. Make-A-Wish Connecticut,…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (470+ words) Employers face the biggest health benefit cost jump since 2003 as Connecticut insurers seek steep premium increases. Employer-sponsored health benefit costs are projected to increase an average of 8.2% per employee in 2027, the largest annual jump in more than two decades, according…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (275+ words) A New Haven biotechnology company focused on preventing COVID-19 has named a new CEO as it prepares to release results from two major clinical trials. Invivyd Inc. appointed board Chairman Marc Elia to the additional role of CEO, effective Aug....

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (255+ words) CFGNB will host Roadmap to Wellbeing: Strategies for Health & Success on Friday, September 18, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Klingberg Family Centers in New Britain. The free, full-day capacity-building workshop is open to staff of nonprofit organizations serving Berlin, New Britain, Plainville, and…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (527+ words) More than four years after receiving final approval and less than two years after breaking ground, the state’s two largest health systems held a grand opening Tuesday for Connecticut’s first proton therapy center in Wallingford. The $75 million project, located at…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (527+ words) More than four years after receiving final approval and less than two years after breaking ground, the state’s two largest health systems held a grand opening Tuesday for Connecticut’s first proton therapy center in Wallingford. The $75 million project, located at…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (388+ words) After Connecticut business groups opened the year by calling for greater scrutiny of state-mandated health insurance benefits, a subsequent legislative report found that lawmakers enacted laws creating or changing mandates involving 18 types of benefits over an 11-year period. And the…...