The president spoke, then he tweeted. The result was eight hours of frantic calls between Hartford, Albany, Trenton and Washington.
March 29, 2020
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‘Red Dawn Breaking Bad:’ Officials warned about safety gear shortfall early on, emails show
In sharp contrast to President Donald Trump’s statements at the time.
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We make our youth high risk when we continue to detain and incarcerate them
Youth needs seem to be the easiest to neglect, apparently even if their lives are at stake in the middle of a pandemic.
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FEMA approves major disaster declaration for Connecticut as number of COVID-19 cases nears 2,000
The federal declaration unlocks crucial federal funding to fight the COVID-19 pandemic as it continues its spread across the state.
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What we know — and don’t know — about possible coronavirus treatments promoted by Trump
Little evidence that decades-old anti-malarial drugs work for the treatment or prevention of coronavirus, but here’s what we do know.
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A global health expert explains COVID-19 to her daughter (and the rest of us)
Kristina Talert-Slagle, Ph.D., is Director of the Yale College Health Studies Program and Associate Director of the Yale Institute for Global Health. Like everyone else in Connecticut, she is sheltering at home with her family and practicing social distancing; but unlike most of us, she is an expert on COVID-19. In this video, she answers some basic questions about the disease posed by her daughter, Julia (the director), and other members of their family.
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Homeschooling on the fly
Like many parents around the world, my family and I have spent the last two weeks trying to figure out how to reorganize our lives around the imperative of social distancing.