Health care workers are contracting COVID at higher rates than ever, and changes in federal policies are complicating the problems.
Katy Golvala
As CT Mirror’s first Investigative Researcher Fellow, Katy Golvala joins Dave Altimari and Andy Brown on our investigative team. Originally from New Jersey, Katy earned a bachelor’s degree in English and Mathematics from Williams College and received a master’s degree in Business and Economic Journalism from the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism in August 2021. Her work experience includes roles as a Business Analyst at A.T. Kearney, a Reporter and Researcher at Investment Wires, and a Reporter at Inframation, covering infrastructure in Latin America and the Caribbean. At Columbia, Katy completed projects related to government policy and corporate practices aimed at improving racial equality. She wrote her thesis on the record high levels of corporate insider trading during COVID and the market implications of outsized executive compensation during a global crisis.
Pediatric COVID cases rising rapidly in Connecticut
“We have children who come to the emergency room with symptoms and are so sick they end up in ICU.”
Connecticut’s positivity rate reaches 21.5% as health officials urge vaccination and booster shots
Between 70% to 80% of hospitalized COVID patients are unvaccinated, said CT Public Health Commissioner Dr. Manisha Juthani.
COVID positivity rates soar to 17.8% in CT, but hospitalizations remain under control
Connecticut’s COVID cases have hit rates not seen since the beginning of the pandemic: 17.8% positivity and 7,520 new cases.
Best of 2021: Sema4 was a hot CT startup. Then came COVID, state contracts — and a boost from Annie Lamont’s firm
Oak HC/FT invested in Sema4 two months after the Lamont administration signed a $17.2 million contract with Sema4.
Coming soon: Data on police officers’ use of force in Connecticut
The data will help show how police use force, along with the demographics of those who are subjected to it.
Nancy Navaretta nominated to head Mental Health and Addiction Services
Navaretta has been the department’s acting commissioner since Miriam Delphin-Rittmon left the position several months ago.
In some rural CT towns, hospital cuts mean fewer options for giving birth
People in more rural parts of CT face fewer birthing options as hospitals move to suspend labor and delivery services.
Sema4 was a hot CT startup. Then came COVID, state contracts — and a boost from Annie Lamont’s firm
Oak HC/FT invested in Sema4 two months after the Lamont administration signed a $17.2 million contract with Sema4.
Hundreds of CT school bus drivers might not show up for work on Monday
Some 227 bus drivers are refusing to get vaccinated or take the tests.