Nearly a third of all wasted COVID vaccine doses in CT were lost since the end of May.
Dave Altimari
Dave does in-depth investigative reporting for CT Mirror. His work focuses on government accountability including financial oversight, abuse of power, corruption, safety monitoring, and compliance with law. Before joining CT Mirror Altimari spent 23 years at the Hartford Courant breaking some of the state’s biggest, most impactful investigative stories.
Posted inInvestigations
Republican Senator laments not being able to close sex offender registry loophole
The loophole allowed an out-of-state registered sex offender to be transferred to Connecticut with no notification to state officials.
Posted inInvestigations
A convicted rapist was accused of sex assault at an East Windsor nursing home. Police had no idea he was there.
Nursing homes in Connecticut do not have to tell police when they admit a registered sex offender from another state.
Posted inHealth
‘There’s a dividing line’ — Vaccination rates trace socioeconomic boundaries in CT
Public health officials are struggling to get vaccines across socioeconomic dividing lines in urban areas across the state.
Posted inHealth
CT’s ‘yellow van’ vaccination clinics are giving half as many doses as a month ago
“Whatever [the strategic plan] is, it’s not working,” said one pastor.
Posted inHealth, Investigations
Vaccine clinic shut down after surprise investigation
The state Department of Public Health suspended a Kent-based drug and alcohol rehabilitation center from holding vaccinations clinics in February after discovering a state representative was handling and preparing vials of vaccine at an unsanctioned clinic in Southbury.
Posted inHealth
CT records lowest COVID positivity rate in months: 1.34%
Demand starting to pick up for J&J vaccine after slow start
Posted inHealth
Clinics across Connecticut to start taking walk-ups for COVID vaccine
Dozens of clinics will begin taking walk-ups on Tuesday
Posted inInvestigations
Why it took days for one CVS store in CT to stop vaccinating New Yorkers
Cars queue up at the state’s first rapid Covid-19 testing center in New Haven April 17, 2020, run by CVS Health and the state of Connecticut. In February at a CVS in Waterford, a number of New Yorkers improperly received vaccinations, documents show. By the time state officials arrived at a Waterford CVS on Feb. […]
Posted inHealth
Can federally qualified health centers solve CT’s vaccine equity woes?
FQHCs serve many priority ZIP codes, but reaching residents has been a process of trial and error
Posted inHealth
New Britain residents weren’t getting vaccinated. So city officials got creative.
The city’s efforts are a microcosm of what is happening across the country as officials struggle to vaccinate vulnerable residents.
Posted inHealth
This tiny CT town has only one place to get the COVID vaccine. So the FEMA trailer is on the way to help.
On Thursday, the FEMA trailer will be in the town hall parking lot, the only place big enough for it.
Posted inHealth
More than 1,800 people could get vaccinated at home under new DPH program
Residents who wish to receive a vaccine at home must assert they are physically unable to get to a clinic.
Posted inNews
COVID hospitalizations rise at Yale; Younger people account for more cases
The state’s COVID test positivity rate on Tuesday increased to 5.26%.
Posted inHealth
State outlines medical conditions for special access to COVID vaccine; clinics planned for high school students
The state is trying to provide speedier vaccine access for people with five medical conditions.