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![The doctor has had a women's center at the West Haven VA named in her honor. The doctor has had a women's center at the West Haven VA named in her honor.](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/02/18/NRRHEBOEMGEFTS3PPRSBVESJ7A.jpg?w=135)
Family of prominent CT doctor offers to settle wrongful death lawsuit. They want $22.5M.
The doctor has had a women's center at the West Haven VA named in her honor.
![Legislation permitting red light cameras in Connecticut is complex. Legislation permitting red light cameras in Connecticut is complex.](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2019/04/20/4LBHJ7V6UFHR5O46VQZ73IHK3Y.jpg?w=135)
Red-light cameras are coming to CT. Here’s why it’s not anytime soon.
Legislation permitting red light cameras in Connecticut is complex.
![Bob Havens wants men to know that a lump or blood on their breast could be a breast cancer. Bob Havens wants men to know that a lump or blood on their breast could be a breast cancer.](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/thc-l-breast-cancer-070724-02.jpg?w=114)
A CT man found a lump and blood that turned out to be cancer. Why he wants you to know about it.
Bob Havens wants men to know that a lump or blood on their breast could be a breast cancer.
![Big farms need a permit in case manure leaches into Connecticut waterways in extreme events. Big farms need a permit in case manure leaches into Connecticut waterways in extreme events.](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/US-NEWS-HEALTH-AVIAN-FLU-ANIMAL-WASTE-LA.jpg?w=140)
CT farms generate tons of manure each year (really). Here’s what happens to some of it.
Big farms need a permit in case manure leaches into Connecticut waterways in extreme events.
![A lawsuit claims High Watch falsely claimed insurance would not cover a man's 30-day rehab stay, leading to his OD death. A lawsuit claims High Watch falsely claimed insurance would not cover a man's 30-day rehab stay, leading to his OD death.](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2022/04/19/7FFOAADI5BDOJC6P3UBY5ODFWQ.jpg?w=135)
CT family claims rehab center told man insurance wouldn’t cover stay. He went home and overdosed.
A lawsuit claims High Watch falsely claimed insurance would not cover a man's 30-day rehab stay, leading to his OD death.
![A second doctor had no action taken against him because he has been abstinent from marijuana since November 2021. A second doctor had no action taken against him because he has been abstinent from marijuana since November 2021.](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/LIFE-HEALTH-MEDICAID-ENROLLMENT-DMT.jpg?w=132)
CT Medical Examining Board recommends doctor lose license to practice
A second doctor had no action taken against him because he has been abstinent from marijuana since November 2021.
![While some churches stagnate, one brings in 4,000 each week and bought their next church. While some churches stagnate, one brings in 4,000 each week and bought their next church.](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/thc-l-megachurches-071424-03-e1720800235802.jpg?w=109)
A CT church has thousands attending services. It shatters myth all congregations are shrinking.
While some churches stagnate, one brings in 4,000 each week and bought their next church.
![Connecticut's copperhead population is low but stable. Here's what snake experts said on recognizing them and leaving them alone. Connecticut's copperhead population is low but stable. Here's what snake experts said on recognizing them and leaving them alone.](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/thc-l-copperheads-071124-02.jpg?w=123)
Beautiful, shy but venomous, copperheads are out in CT. Here’s why and what to watch for.
Connecticut's copperhead population is low but stable. Here's what snake experts said on recognizing them and leaving them alone.
![“It was a very traumatic experience for all of us,��� the mom said. “And I was just heartbroken for my son.” “It was a very traumatic experience for all of us,” the mom said. “And I was just heartbroken for my son.”](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/thc-l-raffi-eject-071024-02.jpg?w=112)
A CT disabled man was excited for a Raffi theater show. Then he was made to leave his seat.
“It was a very traumatic experience for all of us,” the mom said. “And I was just heartbroken for my son.”
![As cases rise in Connecticut, the mpox vaccine is highly recommended to prevent infection. It requires two doses. As cases rise in Connecticut, the mpox vaccine is highly recommended to prevent infection. It requires two doses.](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2022/11/28/UCWNY3JMZZFBBEVBFMQZCITCXQ.jpg?w=135)
Mpox cases in CT more than double to 11 this year from 2023. What to know.
As cases rise in Connecticut, the mpox vaccine is highly recommended to prevent infection. It requires two doses.