Health & Well-Being

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UConn Health Report: Occupational Illnesses Impact 25,000 Connecticut Workers, COVID-19 Shows Importance of Prevention

A UConn Health report on occupational-related ailments in Connecticut arrives just as the COVID-19 pandemic is putting worker health in a more urgent light.

UConn MS student Nicole Dahrouge holding up one of the tadpoles she studied in a project that offers insight into how infectious disease spreads.

How Tadpoles Provide Insight Into Pandemics

Research by UConn's Tracy Rittenhouse offers lessons on how environmental factors affect the spread of infectious disease.

Anthony T. Vella, professor and Boehringer Ingelheim chair in immunology, left, speaks with President and CEO, Bijan Almassian and Valerian Nakaar, vice president for research and development, and Kepeng Wang, assistant professor of immunology at CaroGen Corporation's technology incubation lab in Farmington

UConn Health, CaroGen Collaborate on Promising Technology for Colorectal Cancer Treatment

UConn Health researchers, along with industry partners, have developed a promising potential candidate for treating colorectal cancer.

UConn Extension’s Velazquez Answers Nutrition Questions on Radio Amor

UConn Extension educator Zoraida Velazquez has become a popular Bridgeport-area radio personality thanks to her weekly call-in show on food and nutrition.

An illustration depicting the coronavirus microbe.

Study: COVID-19 Messaging Less Effective When Tied to Trump

A study by UConn's InCHIP finds that messaging related to the COVID-19 pandemic is less effective when linked to President Donald Trump.

A purple-gloved hand holds the small microneedle patch that was developed at UConn

UConn Faculty Receive Federal Funding to Develop Self-Administered Microneedle COVID-19 Vaccine Technology

UConn researchers have developed a single-use microneedle technology they hope will help keep patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Physical education teacher encouraging students doing push-ups. (Hero Images via Getty Images)

UConn’s KSI Launches innovATe Program to Aid High School Athletes

UConn's Korey Stringer Institute is launching a new program to bring the medical care provided by athletic trainers to more secondary school athletes.

A medical illustration showing the location of the parathyroid glands on the human body.

Researchers Call for International Collaboration on Parathyroid Cancer

UConn Health researchers are calling for a global effort to study parathyroid tumors in a bid to find treatments for a rare but serious type of cancer.

Xiaomei Cong, associate professor of nursing, on June 4, 2015

Meet the Researcher: Xiaomei Cong, School of Nursing

UConn researcher Xiaomei Cong's work builds on insights she first had as a nurse in a neonatal intensive care unit.

Dr. Cato Laurencin at his office at UConn Health in Farmington on Oct. 6, 2014. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

UConn Health’s Laurencin Honored for Promotion of Justice, Equity

The Association of American Medical Colleges has awarded UConn Health's Cato T. Laurencin as the recipient of the 2020 Herbert W. Nickens Award, bestowed on an individual who has made monumental contributions to promoting justice in medical education and health care equity throughout the nation.