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Press Releases 07/28/2022 Governor Lamont Directs $3.5M in Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Funds to Energy Efficiency Programs for Low-Income Customers That

Members of Fermanagh and Omagh District Council have discussed a response from Minister for Health Robin Swann, which sets out his Department’s…

Governor Ned Lamont today announced the creation of seven new technology education programs at Connecticut’s public and private colleges and universities.

The Department of Employment and Economic Development Commissioner held a roundtable with Essentia Health to talk about the current healthcare worker shortage.

Members of Fermanagh and Omagh District Council have unanimously agreed to write to Minister for Health Robin Swann MLA, outlining the serious risks…

Connecticut needs 3,000 new nurses a year and only 2,000 graduate — and many of them are leaving.

This year’s nursing school graduates matriculated before the pandemic took hold, and over the course of their studies, they’ve seen the profession go through an upheaval. Waves of COVID-19 delayed students’ clinical rotations at patient care facilities. When they were allowed back into hospitals, clinics and long-term care facilities, the work was more intense than many had expected.

Connecticut needs 3,000 new nurses a year and only 2,000 of them graduate — and many of them are leaving.

WSHU’s Ebong Udoma spoke with CT Mirror’s Erica Phillips to discuss her article, “Demand for nurses is urgent. CT’s colleges and universities can’t keep up,” as part of the collaborative podcast Long Story Short.

“I was shocked,” said Jillian Levesque, one of the University of Connecticut School of Nursing’s five valedictorians from the class of 2022.