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A Welcome Environment for Transgender Patients
With services including a dedicated gender-affirming hormone therapy program, UConn Health aims to break down historic barriers to LGBTQ+ health care access.
Virtual Weekend Run a Success for the UConn Health Half Marathon
Although a traditional road race was out of the question, runners of a 'virtual' half marathon raised thousands for UConn Health.
2020 Best Doctors Named by Connecticut Magazine
Forty seven UConn Health physicians have been named to Connecticut Magazine's 2020 Best Doctors list.
UConn Faculty Receive NIH Grant to Develop Smartphone Sensor to Detect Tooth Pain
UConn researchers are working to develop a smartphone app that can provide a quantitative assessment of toothache pain.
COVID-19 Testing Headed to Nursing Home Battlegrounds
UConn Health experts say new weekly COVID-19 testing at nursing homes is an important public health measure.
Graduating to New Goals This Season
Dr. Rebecca Andrews, UConn Health primary care physician, is among those running the UConn Health Half Marathon. She shares how running fits into her life as a health care provider and parent.
Examining the COVID-19 Clinical Trial Landscape
The rush for new promising therapeutics and treatments led Dr. Aakash Desai, an internal medicine resident at UConn School of Medicine, to evaluate the current clinical trial landscape for COVID-19. Read more about his research study published on June 2 by The Lancet’s EClinicalMedicine.
Someone’s Plasma Saved My Life
A UConn Health nurse found herself in the role of patient after contracting COVID-19.
A Powerful ‘Look-Back’ for COVID-19 Antibodies in Health Care Workers
A UConn Health study is looking at the presence of COVID-19 antibodies in health care workers.
During Pandemic, UConn Docs Find Stress Relief Through Running
UConn Health doctors explain the benefits of exercise - both physical and mental - ahead of the UConn Health Half Marathon.