Roberta Lisak News Today

(RNS) — Over the last few years, African American congregations have provided outsized action on getting people tested and vaccinated.

(RNS) — As Easter approaches, leaders of Black denominations use cautious language even as they hope for a resurrection in the numbers of people who return to the pews.

Anxiety now afflicts one-third of Americans—a three-fold rise from pre-pandemic levels. New scientific insights are pointing the way toward effective treatment.

More than 37 million Americans have diabetes, and 96 million have prediabetes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a number that has doubled in the last 20 years.

Hospital workers describe dire situation as COVID-19 cases mount in Connecticut.

A guest columnist from Yale Medical School laments the difficulty of paying for paternity leave from his government-grant-funded department.

As Connecticut emerges from this crisis and considers how to better prepare for the next one, some officials and experts have a simple suggestion: invest in the state’s public health infrastructure.

As many Connecticut students returned to in-person classes this week for the first time in 2021, public health experts say recent fluctuations among K-12 student and staff COVID-19 case numbers could reflect less testing and reporting over winter break, followed by a spike due to holiday gatherings and travel.