The number of whooping cough cases has increased dramatically in the state. Dr. Paul Skolnik<\/a>, infectious disease expert at the UConn Health Center, tells NBC Connecticut that whooping cough is easily preventable with a vaccine but there are new recommendations on who should get it and how often.<\/p>\n Watch the broadcast > <\/strong>Aired during WTIC radio\u2019s 7:30 a.m. newscast, Sept. 3, 2012<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Occupational illnesses have declined in the state but Connecticut\u2019s rates are still above the national average. Occupational and environmental expert Paula Schenck<\/a> at the UConn Health Center tells WTIC radio that musculoskeletal injury from repetitive motion continues as the most common complaint.<\/p>\n Listen to the broadcast > <\/strong>Aired on WDRC AM\/FM, Sept. 2, 2012<\/em><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Nurse practitioner Diahann Wilcox joins \u201cYour Town\u201d on WDRC-FM<\/a> and The Talk of Connecticut<\/a> to discuss the upcoming \u201cFreedom From Smoking\u201d programs at the UConn Health Center, of which she\u2019s one of the facilitators.<\/p>\n Listen to the broadcast ><\/a> Daily Campus, Aug. 30, 2012<\/em><\/p>\n The Health Center will be located on One Royce Circle and will boast 18,000 square feet, according to Jim Thibeault, the director of Planning and Strategy at the UConn Health Center. It will have many services available, including urgent care, radiology and a laboratory specimen draw station.<\/em><\/p>\n Read more ><\/a><\/p>\n <\/strong>Danbury News Times, Aug. 28, 2012 <\/em><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Dr. Ted Rosenkrantz<\/a>, a neonatologist at the UConn Health Center in Farmington, said because so many American men have been circumcised, it was not always easy to study its health\u00a0benefits.<\/p>\n Read more ><\/a><\/p>\n Follow\u00a0the UConn Health Center<\/a> on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0Twitter<\/a> and\u00a0YouTube<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Whooping cough increases; occupational illnesses decrease; Freedom from Smoking program returns; a closer look at circumcision; and the Health Center branches out to Storrs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":53726,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[179,1,70],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[45],"class_list":["post-65269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uconn-health","category-uncategorized","category-video"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-31 21:37:47","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65269"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88454,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65269\/revisions\/88454"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/53726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65269"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=65269"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=65269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nOccupational Illnesses in Connecticut Above National Average<\/h2>\n
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\nFreedom From Smoking Program<\/h2>\n
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\nStorrs to Welcome UConn Health Center Branch in 2013<\/h2>\n
\nCircumcision Benefits Outweigh Risks, Docs Say<\/h2>\n
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