Report: Ansonia and Derby fall further behind Valley neighbors
Connecticut Post November 27, 2022
[Excerpt from feature article by Eddy Martinez] ANSONIA — Ansonia and Derby share an industrial past. And although the two cities are frequent rivals when it comes to everything from economic development to high school football, they also share a common problem — poverty. The two cities trail the state and the rest of the lower Naugatuck Valley communities in median income. And the gap is widening.… Read More
Race, Economics, Environment Continue To Drive State’s Asthma Disparities
Connecticut Health Investigative Team October 27, 2022
[Excerpt of feature article by Erik Ofgang, which appeared in C-HIT as well as in major newspapers like the Hartford Courant] Kamyle Dunn used to sleep with her hand resting on her mother’s chest so she could feel it expand and contract and know that her mom hadn’t stopped breathing during the night. Dunn’s mother, Maria Cotto, has long had severe asthma. Dunn inherited the condition, though she has mostly grown out of it as an adult. Now, Dunn’s 12-year-old son also has severe asthma.… Read More
Food Insecurity Doubles For Families With Children
CT News Junkie September 29, 2022
[Excerpt of article by Christine Stuart, 9/27/22] The U.S. Census Bureau announced last week that the federal child tax credit contributed to a decline in child poverty and a new survey from DataHaven and Siena College Research Institute found that since its expiration food insecurity for families with children has nearly doubled. … Read More
Food insecurity in CT higher this year amid inflation, expiration of child tax credit, survey shows
New Haven Register September 20, 2022
[Excerpt of front page news feature by Alex Putterman, 9/19/2022 across all Hearst CT newspapers] Food insecurity in Connecticut has increased in 2022, new survey data shows, amid a rise in inflation and the expiration of federal benefits such as last year's enhanced child tax credit.… Read More
A Community-Centered Approach to Data Sharing and Policy Change: Lessons for Advancing Health Equity
Center for Health Care Strategies August 15, 2022
[Excerpt from report summary by CHCS, published August 2022 and authored by Liz Buck and Alissa Beers, Center for Health Care Strategies, and Waldo Mikels-Carrasco, Data Across Sectors for Health]… Read More
Data suggests Connecticut’s COVID death toll has been larger than official numbers say
New Haven Register June 6, 2022
[Excerpt from front-page feature article by Alex Putterman, Sunday, June 5, 2022] Officially, Connecticut has recorded 10,972 COVID-19 deaths over the past two-plus years, a devastating total that once would have seemed unimaginable. Staggering as that figure is, however, the pandemic’s true death toll in Connecticut might be even higher.… Read More
