CT Citizens for Science

Proud of the work that CT Citizens for Science did to bring this to fruition. Thank you to the Advisory Board, and all the hardworking volunteers. CT kids are safer because of you!

CT an exception from school vaccination trends after law change The state's ban on religious exemptions for youth vaccinations appears to have succeeded in increasing immunization rates.

Unfortunately, we are NOT getting smarter. Thank you social media.

More than half of dog owners are suspicious of rabies and other vaccines, new study finds — USA TODAY Another 40% were concerned that routine vaccines could cause their dog to develop autism, a belief that has long since been disproven in humans.

“Climate change is a threat to human well-being and planetary health," the report states. "There is a rapidly closing window of opportunity to secure a liveable and sustainable future for all."

Cut emissions quickly to save lives, scientists warn in a new U.N. report — NPR Cutting greenhouse gas emissions rapidly and immediately will save lives, livelihoods and ecosystems around the world, scientists say. And there are lots of ways to go about it.

“Science, costs, and people—these forces all had to balance for medicine to succeed. The more I encountered patients without access to basic care, the more I realized that, in many cases, costs had become the dominant force shaping outcomes. The people part of medicine had taken a back seat; even science was playing defense, since widely available treatments weren’t being delivered to those who needed them.”

The Assumptions Doctors Make — The New Yorker Learning to be a physician, I realized over and over again that I was seeing only part of the picture.