Sujata Srinivasan

5 days ago | ctpublic.org | Sujata Srinivasan

Connecticut’s top public health official says she’s working daily to weather a storm of federal funding cuts and plummeting levels of trust in science messaging. “Public health does so many things in the background every day,” said Dr. Manisha Juthani, commissioner of the state department of public health. “Our best outcomes are when nothing happens. That's hard for people to understand,” she said. Safe water. Healthy kids. Up-to-date vaccinations and responding to pandemics.

1 week ago | wbur.org | Sujata Srinivasan

Witnesses said they were picnicking in a meadow on April 22 when men carrying guns ambushed them, demanding to know their religion. They ordered the victims to recite an Islamic declaration of faith, survivors said. Then, they shot and killed 26 men in front of their wives and children. Among the murdered — 23 Hindus, two Christians and a local Muslim tour guide. Witnesses said Syed Adil Hussain Shah, a pony guide, died fighting to protect the tourists.

1 week ago | ctpublic.org | Sujata Srinivasan

India fired missiles into Pakistan Wednesday two weeks after a massacre of civilian tourists in Pahalgam, Kashmir. Witnesses said they were picnicking in a meadow on April 22 when men carrying guns ambushed them, demanding to know their religion. They ordered the victims to recite an Islamic declaration of faith, survivors said. Then, they shot and killed 26 men in front of their wives and children. Among the murdered – 23 Hindus, two Christians and a local Muslim tour guide.

2 weeks ago | nhpr.org | Sujata Srinivasan

While a confirmed case of measles is yet to turn up in Connecticut, the disease is spreading across the United States and New England with nearly 900 Those cases are spread across 30 jurisdictions, including New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The high national case count is “an anomaly,” according to Dr. Manisha Juthani, commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Public Health.

2 weeks ago | ctpublic.org | Sujata Srinivasan

Published April 28, 2025 at 1:26 PM EDT While a confirmed case of measles is yet to turn up in Connecticut, the disease is spreading across the United States and New England with nearly 900 Those cases are spread across 30 jurisdictions, including New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.