A study of Hartford pre-school students shows that many of the city's young are obese by the time they are four or five years old.  WNPR's Jeff Cohen reports.   The study by UConn's Center for Public Health and Health Policy shows that Hartford has roughly the same rates of preschoo... read more

  A new state law was just passed that will eventually give non-nurses the ability to give medications to poor and disabled patients living at home.  WNPR's Jeff Cohen reports.    The governor's bill lets trained home care aides -- who cost about half what nurses do --  administer medications.  That's called nurse delegation, and Governor Dannel Malloy says it would save millions of dollars.  And that, he says, would make it easier for Medicaid clients to live in their homes. ... read more