Liese Klein

1 week ago | ctinsider.com | Liese Klein

An executive at the bankrupt owner of Waterbury, Manchester Memorial and Rockville General hospitals is pushing back on an effort by U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy to collect stories about alleged mismanagement of its Connecticut properties. Prospect Medical Holdings, which is going through the Chapter 11 process of restructuring its assets in a Texas bankruptcy court, criticized the " Share Your Story Campaign" launched by Murphy last week.

1 week ago | ctinsider.com | Liese Klein

WINDSOR LOCKS - Tucked against a terminal wall near Gate 20, Hartford HealthCare's new OnMed CareStation gives the 12,000 passengers and staff who pass through Bradley International Airport every day a rare opportunity to access the latest in remote health-care technology while on the go. Feeling feverish after your flight? Step into the CareStation and talk about your symptoms to an on-duty health worker via a big screen as remote thermal sensors take your temperature.

2 weeks ago | ctinsider.com | Liese Klein

Top executives of bankrupt Prospect Medical Holdings could get salary boosts in coming months as part of a court-approved incentive program. Prospect, the California-based owner of Waterbury, Rockville General and Manchester Memorial hospitals in Connecticut, asked a bankruptcy judge on Tuesday to approve a "key employee incentive plan" that would give extra pay to six top executives for meeting financial benchmarks.

2 weeks ago | ctpost.com | Liese Klein

Professor Douglas Casa inside the main heat lab at the Korey Stringer Institute at the University of Connecticut. The institute, named after Minnesota Vikings player Korey Stringer who died of heat stroke in 2001, is expanding to include a new cutting-edge lab at UConn and a satellite lab in Florida. Jim Shannon/Hearst Connecticut MediaConstruction continues on a new lab at the Korey Stringer Institute at the University of Connecticut Wednesday, May 29, 2025.

2 weeks ago | ctinsider.com | Liese Klein

Beyond the dangers of fighting in war, U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan faced a lesser-known but potentially deadly risk - doing their jobs in 100-degree temperatures at high altitude. Now researchers at the University of Connecticut can recreate both the scorching temperatures and the altitude soldiers faced in a new state-of-the-art heat lab set to open this summer. Research in the new lab is aimed at preventing serious heat illness for soldiers, athletes and outdoor workers.