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American Heart Association Recognizes UConn John Dempsey Hospital with Gold-Level Honors

The American Heart Association (AHA) has once again recognized UConn John Dempsey Hospital for its excellence in heart attack and stroke care with gold-level honors. 

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Tick-Borne Illness Still Rare Despite Greater Population

While Connecticut is seeing more ticks this summer, Dr. Henry Feder Jr. at UConn Health explains how pathogen transmission is still the path less traveled.

UConn Health Researcher Studying Walnuts’ Ability to Reduce Colon Cancer Risk

Daniel Rosenberg is investigating how, and why, walnuts could reduce colon cancer risk factors, paving the way for new individualized nutrition treatments.

What does full approval of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine mean?

The US Food and Drug Administration granted full approval this week for the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for people 16 years of age and older. This is the first of the COVID-19 vaccines to receive full approval from the FDA.

Cancer Research Award for UConn Internal Medicine Resident

The American Society of Hematology selects Dr. Joshua Fein among the recipients of its 2021 HONORS Award.

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Podcast: Back to School ’21 With COVID-19

With COVID-19 following us into back-to-school '21, Dr. Erica Waddington, family medicine physician at UConn Health's Canton office, discusses how she helps families prepare for a the return to the classroom under still abnormal circumstances.

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Students Serving Community With Screenings, Vaccinations

A multidisciplinary force including UConn faculty and students came together last weekend in Hartford’s Keney Park and North End neighborhoods to offer free health screenings, COVID-19 information, and door-to-door vaccinations.

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UConn Medical and Dental Students Don their First White Coats at Annual Ceremony

Students from UConn's Schools of Medicine and Dental Medicine received their first white coats at the 2021 White Coat ceremony held August 20 in Farmington

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UConn Health Introduces Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Dr. C.B. Sai Sudhakar brings experience building cardiothoracic surgery programs to expand UConn Health’s academic and clinical offerings in the discipline.

UConn Health Minute: Latest in Lasers

From removing birthmarks to reducing wrinkles, dermatologists can use laser treatments to help patients in more ways than ever.  Dr. Hao Feng, director of Laser Surgery and Cosmetic Dermatology at UConn Health, says thanks to recent advances in laser technology, experienced practitioners can offer more effective treatments with less downtime for patients.