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Ed Stannard

Ed Stannard is a reporter for the Hartford Courant.

Dollar stores have proliferated in recent years, and a study has found they contribute to less healthful food choices in the neighborhoods where they open.

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We love dollar stores. But here’s what can happen when they move in: study

February 8, 2024 at 11:06 a.m.

Dollar stores have proliferated in recent years, and a study has found they contribute to less healthful food choices in the neighborhoods where they open.

Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, celebrates the miracle of the lamp oil lasting eight days when the Maccabees defeated the Seleucids and rededicated the Second Temple in the second century B.C.E.

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Can Hanukkah’s light overcome darkness even in war? Here is what rabbis say.

December 7, 2023 at 11:30 a.m.

Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, celebrates the miracle of the lamp oil lasting eight days when the Maccabees defeated the Seleucids and rededicated the Second Temple in the second century...

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Brain fog caused by long Covid is real. These doctors have advice for managing it

November 30, 2023 at 11:21 a.m.

Brain fog, a symptom of long COVID, hits people as young as their 20s, and can keep them out of work.

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Connecticut students have choice of Satan or Bible club. Why it’s not really good against evil.

November 15, 2023 at 10:54 a.m.

The After School Satan Club will join the Good News Club at the Connecticut Elementary School on Dec. 1.

Andrea Califano of Columbia University, leader of the New York BioHub

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Is it ‘science fiction’? No: Researchers want immune cells to find cancer and report back

November 3, 2023 at 10:41 a.m.

The challenge for the scientists in the BioHub, which eventually will be a brick-and-mortar center in Manhattan, is how to use the immune cells “as a programming device.”

Mark Mamula, an immunologist at the Yale School of Medicine, has developed an immunotherapy for canine cancers. Here he is shown with Ranger, owned by Rick Kneisel of Ohio, who participated in a clinical trial.

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Researcher creates immunotherapy for canine cancer. It helps man’s best friend live longer

October 3, 2023 at 10:59 a.m.

The researcher has developed an immunotherapy that is achieving success in treating dogs with osteosarcoma and other cancers.

A researcher in the Advanced Precision Medicine Laboratory at The Jackson Laboratory in Farmington.

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This lab’s gene test can find more rare diseases. This is what it can do for the ‘diagnostic odyssey’ of families.

September 26, 2023 at 10:50 a.m.

The bottom line is to help families “who have been searching for oftentimes years to find the answers,” said Melissa Kelly, clinical laboratory director at the lab.

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We love dollar stores. But here’s what can happen when they move in: study

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News |
Can Hanukkah’s light overcome darkness even in war? Here is what rabbis say.

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Brain fog caused by long Covid is real. These doctors have advice for managing it

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Connecticut students have choice of Satan or Bible club. Why it’s not really good against evil.

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Is it ‘science fiction’? No: Researchers want immune cells to find cancer and report back

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National News |
Researcher creates immunotherapy for canine cancer. It helps man’s best friend live longer

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This lab’s gene test can find more rare diseases. This is what it can do for the ‘diagnostic odyssey’ of families.

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Yale research: How AI found serious heart problem before symptoms occured

These experts are seeing spikes in drug shortages. ‘I view this as a national health emergency’

Vaccine to fight cancer shows promise using mRNA technology