Kalina Brookfield
Contributing Reporter
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Bright Bodies program promotes healthy lifestyle choices for children

Using a non-diet curriculum, kids learn skills and behaviors for weight management.

PROFILE: Leslie Rickey, Yale’s first female urology professor

With hard work, support from peers and her can-do attitude, Leslie Rickey is bringing women back into the center of urology.

Riders anticipate Metro-North Railroad electric trains

Early next year, Metro-North will begin replacing its current locomotives with a new fleet of more reliable and environmentally friendly models.

“Mammo-van” provides quick and accessible breast cancer screening

The unit brings mammography and breast ultrasound services to patients who can’t make it to a hospital, or who are too busy for typical appointments.

UNH receives $2.5 million grant to train AI workforce

The University of New Haven received funding from the National Security Agency to develop workforce programs for careers in cybersecurity and artificial intelligence.

Psychology of overcoming procrastination

The News spoke with psychologists and mental health experts about procrastination and strategies for avoiding it.

Criminal justice organization spotlights deaths in state DOC custody

A panel of legislators, the state inspector general and Connecticut’s first independent prison watchdog discussed the deaths of incarcerated people at Stop Solitary CT’s meeting on Friday.

Restrictions on Methadone, the most regulated therapeutic drug in the country, reduced

Decreased regulations for the substance use disorder medication stand to provide patients with easier access to treatment

PROFILE: Fausto Ximenes, the World Fellow who champions Timor-Leste, Asia’s youngest democracy

World Fellow Fausto Ximenes wants to put the tools for development back in the hands of local communities in Timor-Leste.

Record Riot creates a vintage music lover’s paradise

FDA to start enforcing new mammogram notification law

The new amendments to the Mammography Quality Standards Act require facilities to inform patients of their breast density.