Hartford Hospital

During life's darkest hours, the woods have always been my security blanket. It has always been a place where civilization disappears, replaced by the peaceful sounds of wind whispering through the pines or an owl hooting deep in the forest. And after...

Jean Wells was a strong individualist, a feminist path breaker and a strong-willed pediatrician at a time when women physicians were rare and not always held in high esteem. In her Yale Medical School class, there were four women who repeatedly heard...

Chet McPhee was a freshman football coach at Trinity. He was the college's swim coach for 15 years, coaching both the men's and the women's teams. He started the men's lacrosse program. He coached soccer. "I think he did track for a while, too," said...

Two days after the drowning death of Marcum Asiamah, family members said Friday that they still don't know any details about what happened Wednesday before he was pulled from the high school pool. "It's been very, very tough without any answers about...

Your dad goes to work every day. You know he's a sports writer for a newspaper, a sports editor, a sports columnist, then a general columnist in his semiretired years. He's written thousands of newspaper columns and stories. Maybe tens of thousands....

They showed up Tuesday at the Eastern Connecticut Sports Center. There were a hundred of them, students and student-athletes, and they wanted to help one of their own. Then there were 200 of them, faculty, staff and administrators, too, and they stood...

Hartford Hospital and UnitedHealth Group, the nation's largest health insurer, are in a hard-fought contract negotiation that could leave thousands of customers facing higher out-of-pocket expenses if the current agreement expires Oct. 28. "Hartford...

Hartford Hospital says the rate increases it is asking of UnitedHealth Group is "not even close" to the 30 percent that the insurer says the hospital wants over the course of three years. "That is factually wrong — not even close," Hartford...

Hartford Hospital is "hopeful" in its negotiations Friday with UnitedHealth Group. Thousands of patients face higher, out-of-network rates if the two parties don't have a new contract by the time the current agreement expires at midnight Sunday. The...

We all like to be comfortable, whether it's at work or at home. But what about in our car?  Outside of obvious considerations for head and leg room, few people think about how they’ll fit in their cars. There are other factors besides roominess to...

The state's top child welfare official was sharply critical Thursday of the way a hospital handled the case of a 3-year-old who police say was beaten to death, saying doctors could have saved the girl's life if they had noticed possible signs of...

A diagnosis of breast cancer often leads to a treatment plan that includes surgery, chemotherapy and/or radiation and frequent check-ups. As the treatment takes place over time, a routine develops. But what happens — and what should a patient do...