Gabby DeBenedictis

2 days ago | ctmirror.org | Gabby DeBenedictis

ATLANTA (AP) — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new vaccine advisers alarmed pediatricians Wednesday by announcing inquiries into some long-settled questions about children’s shots. Opening the first meeting of Kennedy’s handpicked seven-member panel, committee chairman Martin Kulldorff said he was appointing a work group to evaluate the “cumulative effect” of the children’s vaccine schedule — the list of immunizations given at different times throughout childhood.

2 days ago | lakevillejournal.com | Gabby DeBenedictis

Over six dozen Connecticut laws, including the state’s next budget and bond package, will wholly or partially take effect on July 1. Here’s a look at some of the dozens of laws that will be implemented next month. New biennial budgetNow with Gov. Ned Lamont’s signature, Connecticut’s next biennial state budget will take effect at the beginning of the state’s next fiscal year, which is July 1.

3 days ago | ctmirror.org | Gabby DeBenedictis

The Connecticut Mirror is welcoming four interns this summer, each with a different role: news reporting, data reporting, photojournalism and audience engagement. Reporting Intern Janhavi Munde of Wesleyan University will report and write stories about Connecticut politics and public policy, while Data Reporting Intern Sasha Allen of the University of Maryland will use data analysis and visualization to report stories and assist other staff members with their reporting.

1 week ago | ctmirror.org | Gabby DeBenedictis

Traducción por Jorge Alatrista, Identidad Latina Multimedia. Read this story in English. Más de seis docenas de leyes de Connecticut, incluyendo el próximo presupuesto estatal y el paquete de bonos, entrarán en vigor total o parcialmente el 1 de julio. Las leyes de Connecticut son aprobadas por la Asamblea General durante el periodo de sesiones legislativas de cada año (este año se extendió del 8 de enero al 4 de junio) o en un periodo extraordinario de sesiones.

1 week ago | ctmirror.org | Gabby DeBenedictis

Connecticut families are responding to the U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s claims about autism. WSHU’s Ebong Udoma spoke with CT Mirror’s Laura Tillman to discuss her article, “After RFK Jr. autism claims, CT families respond — one with a poem,” as part of the collaborative podcast Long Story Short. WSHU: How did the story about Connecticut families and their reaction to RFK’s comments about the autistic come about?