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“Mind/Matter: The Neuroscience of Perception, Attention, and Memory,” an exhibition at the Yale Peabody Museum, explores the wonders of human cognition by taking visitors on a journey through the historical and modern science of the brain. Visitors will learn how the brain is studied, what it is made of, how it builds our reality, and how discoveries about it are transforming our lives. The exhibit is on display at the Yale Peabody Museum through the end of the 2025 year.
News 8 is once again honoring Black history by looking at health care and the racial disparities many report facing.
According to the Pew Research Center, overall, 18% of Black adults report poor health, and Black Americans have higher rates of death from cancer and higher maternal mortality rates for both women and infants.
A majority of Black Americans say they’ve had at least one negative interaction with a health care provider, like pain not being taken seriously, being rushed through treatment, or needing to speak up to get the proper care.
Elicia Pegues Spearman has always been up for a challenge — and compelled to help the next person. Since she was a little girl growing up in Hamden, less than a mile from Quinnipiac’s Mount Carmel Campus, she never settled for the status qu
President Joe Biden has nominated Vanessa Avery of the state attorney general's office to be the next U.S. Attorney for the state of Connecticut. (Mark Mirko/The Hartford Courant) President Joe Biden has nominated associate state Attorney Ge
Moy Ogilvie is managing partner in the Hartford office of national law firm McCarter & English. She represents one of the few Black women managing partners in Connecticut and the country and is a leader inside and outside her firm. Ogilvie
Early in her career, Deborah Dyett Desir, MD, assistant professor of clinical medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn., planned to go into infectious disease. With the support of a dedicated mentor, she shifted her sights to rh