Posts Categorized: Health & Humanity

Danbury Launches Underage Drinking Awareness Campaign

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  MCCA (Midwestern Connecticut Council of Alcoholism), and Stand Together Make a Difference (Danbury’s local substance abuse prevention coalition), have partnered to launch a media campaign and ask parents, students, community leaders and community members to “stand together to reduce underage drinking.”    The key… Read more »

Grammy Nominated Trumpeter Sings of South African Wedding Traditions on New Album

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Trumpeter and vocalist Hugh Masekala will perform at Wesleyan University on April 19. Photograph: Sarah Lee for The Guardian.

  Grammy nominated trumpeter and vocalist Hugh Masekela is touring the United States this month, and this Friday, he and his band are making a stop in Middletown, Connecticut at Wesleyan University in celebration of Masekala’s new album, Jabulani.   Some of Masekela’s earliest memories are… Read more »

In Lawsuit, Psychiatrists Claim Anthem Discriminates Against Mental Illness

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U.S. District Court in New Haven.

  The American Psychiatric Association, the Connecticut Psychiatric Society, the Connecticut Council of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and two individuals filed a lawsuit Wednesday alleging that Anthem Health Plans discriminates against patients with mental illness.   The complaint, filed in federal court, says Anthem and its… Read more »