Health & Well-Being

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Q&A: Pregnancy in a Pandemic

UConn Health's Dr. Christopher Morosky answers questions about pregnancy and COVID-19.

Care for the Caregiver in the Age of Coronavirus

UConn Health's Dr. Karina Berg discusses how to care for someone at home with coronavirus - and how caregivers should maintain their own health.

Gatekeeping in Global Health – A Student Organized Global Health Symposium on Health Disparities

Amidst a global pandemic, it is difficult to remember a time when we were not all thinking about global health issues. For Global Health Spaces on Campus (GloHSOC), the need to build enduring proactive, community-centered health care systems have always been at the forefront long before we arrived at our current state.

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Farmington and Storrs Team to Make Needed PPE for UConn Health

The collaborative efforts of medical doctors from UConn Health with engineers, scientists, and researchers from Storrs will soon produce an increased supply of personal protection equipment,

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Yearlong UConn Study to Look at COVID-19, Pandemic Preventative Health Behavior

UConn researcher Natalie J. Shook has received funding to study how people respond to recommended behaviors during health crises like COVID-19.

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Happy National Doctors’ Day

We are so proud of the selflessness, courage, kindness, and competence of our doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers who are battling COVID-19.

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How You Can Help UConn Health Fight Coronavirus

UConn Health has been overwhelmed by the generosity of people seeking to help frontline workers in the battle against COVID-19. Here's how you can help.

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Amidst COVID-19 Outbreak, UConn Researchers Working on Simple, Low-Cost CRISPR-based Diagnostic Test for Infectious Diseases

UConn researchers are working to develop a simple, low-cost method of testing for coronavirus and other infectious diseases.

When to Get Your Next Colonoscopy

The chief of UConn Health’s Division of Gastroenterology explains the latest recommendations.

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UConn’s Dr. Anthony Alessi Looks Out For Connecticut in “Healthy Rounds”

Dr. Anthony Alessi is the host of “Healthy Rounds” on WTIC NewsTalk 1080. Since the outbreak of the coronavirus, the show has gone to a daily format from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.