Posts Categorized: Health & Humanity News

A Timely Book: Gender & Sexuality For Beginners

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The newest book from the Danbury, Connecticut-based publisher For Beginners: 'Gender & Sexuality For Beginners,' written by Jaimee Garbacik and illustrated by Jeffrey Lewis.

  Gender & Sexuality For Beginners, written by Jaimee Garbacik and illustrated by Jeffrey Lewis, was just released to stores worldwide on June 11. For Beginners is a Danbury, Connecticut-based illustrated documentary nonfiction book series that tackles a variety of subjects—from architecture to Plato to Ayn… Read more »

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 »

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 »