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Lamont Picks Yale Physician To Be State's New Health Commissioner Lamont Picks Yale Physician To Be State's New Health Commissioner
Lamont Picks Yale Physician To Be State's New Health Commissioner Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont has nominated a prominent Yale School of Medicine physician to serve as the state’s Health Commissioner. On Monday, July 26, Lamont announced that he is nominating Dr. Manisha Juthani to serve as commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Public Health. Earlier story. - Chief Of CT Schools To Join President-Elect Biden's Cabinet As Education Secretary, Reports Say Juthani is an infectious diseases physician at Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, where she specializes in the diagnosis, management, and prevention of infections in older adults. Lamont s…

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Connecticut Courage To Speak Founder Warns Parents About Signs Of Drug Use Connecticut Courage To Speak Founder Warns Parents About Signs Of Drug Use
Connecticut Courage To Speak Founder Warns Parents About Signs Of Drug Use If you are a parent and worried your kids are saying yes to drugs you are not alone.  But first. Do you know why kids use drugs? Stress, pain, peer pressure, fitting in, some say it's cool, to feel better and boredom, according to an expert in the field whose family tragedy turned into her mission to help kids say no to drugs. The good news: All parents have this in their arsenal: communication. The number one way for parents to prevent drug abuse is to talk to their kids, says Ginger Katz, CEO and Founder, along with husband Larry Katz of the Courage to Speak Foundation.It was founde…

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Lifelong GE Marketing, Ad Manager Karl L. Koss Of Southport, 91, Was An Accomplished Pianist Lifelong GE Marketing, Ad Manager Karl L. Koss Of Southport, 91, Was An Accomplished Pianist
Lifelong GE Marketing, Ad Manager Karl L. Koss Of Southport, 91, Was An Accomplished Pianist Karl L. Koss, 91, died peacefully at his home in Southport on Oct. 2. He was predeceased by his wife, Janet. He leaves a son, W. Judson Koss with his wife Pamela, as well as a daughter, Gretchen Koss-DeFrank with her wife Polly, along with five grandchildren and two sons-in-law. Surviving family also includes two brothers, Warren Koss and his wife Patricia of North Carolina and Clarence Koss and his wife Helen of New Hampshire. Karl was a 1951 graduate of Bates College in Lewiston, ME, an accomplished curler, a passionate gardener and a lifelong marketing and advertising manager at General…

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Ex-Yale Professor Being Investigated For Sexual Misconduct Involving Student Interns Ex-Yale Professor Being Investigated For Sexual Misconduct Involving Student Interns
Ex-Yale Professor Being Investigated For Sexual Misconduct Involving Student Interns A former U.S. attorney has been tabbed to investigate alleged sexual misconduct involving a former psychiatry professor at the Yale School of Medicine. Yale President Peter Salovey announced that former prosecutor Deidre Daly has been commissioned to launch an investigation into the conduct of former professor Eugene Redmond, who retired last summer when the school began disciplinary actions against him in July. The investigation is expected to include interviews with students, staff and alumni. The sexual misconduct complaints arose in the context of a research facility that Redmond ran on…

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UConn Professor, Students Took 'Selfie' With Severed Heads At Yale Workshop UConn Professor, Students Took 'Selfie' With Severed Heads At Yale Workshop
UConn Professor, Students Took 'Selfie' With Severed Heads At Yale Workshop The head of orthodontics at the University of Connecticut is among those spotted, very much alive, in a photograph with severed heads taken as a "selfie," according to multiple reports. A college spokesman would not say whether disciplinary action has been taken against anyone including Dr. Flavio A. Uribe, D.D.S., an assistant professor who is program director and clinic director in the college's Division of Orthodontics. Graduate dental school students and Dr. Uribe reportedly took a selfie with two severed heads in the background, that were used last year for medical research d…

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by Jon Craig