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Hospitals hope mandates will boost workers’ stagnant vaccination rates
Most hospitals will require workers to be vaccinated against COVID by Sept. 30, even though workers’ vaccination rates have slowed.
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Up to 40,000 people could qualify for free health coverage in CT
As many as 40,000 people are expected to qualify for the free insurance.
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Drugmakers’ spending on stock, dividends and executive pay exceeds research, Democrats say
The largest drug companies are far more interested in enriching themselves and investors than in developing new drugs, according to a House committee report released Thursday that argues the industry can afford to charge Medicare less for prescriptions. The report by the House Oversight and Reform Committee says that contrary to pharmaceutical industry arguments that […]
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Special clinics use federal funds — and new methods — to vaccinate the state’s developmentally disabled
Advocates say some developmentally disabled people have struggled to get vaccinated. A federal grant is paying to address the problem.
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Connecticut hospitals are requiring staff to get vaccinated against COVID. Will other health providers follow?
The effort comes as the highly contagious Delta variant gains a stronger foothold in Connecticut and elsewhere.
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Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center nurses make steep climb to vaccinate seafarers
They put on pink hard hats and climb aboard to vaccinate merchant sailors from all over the world.
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Yale study links housing instability and risky sexual behaviors
Researchers have found evidence that landlord-related forced moves are associated with HIV sexual risk.
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As mass vaccination sites close, focus turns to mobile clinics to reach targeted groups
As vaccination rates have slowed, mass vaccination sites have closed while the state shifted its focus to smaller clinics.
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Report: Connecticut must improve health data collection on race and ethnicity
Connecticut has no standards for how its medical facilities gather, report and use patient data on race, ethnicity and language.
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Black and Hispanic Americans suffer most in biggest U.S. decline in life expectancy since WWII
In addition to killing 600,000, the pandemic threatens the health of people through the loss of jobs, homes and opportunities.
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To vaccinate young adults in CT, Lamont turns to the concert scene
Jim Koplik has promoted the Stones, McCartney and Springsteen. Let’s see what he can do with J&J, Moderna and Pfizer.
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More COVID vaccines are being wasted as demand drops
Nearly a third of all wasted COVID vaccine doses in CT were lost since the end of May.
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CSCU board votes to require COVID vaccines for students in the fall
Connecticut State Colleges and Universities will require students to be vaccinated against COVID-19 before returning to campus this fall.
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ER visits for suspected suicide spiked among teen girls during pandemic
In four weeks ending March 20, emergency department visits involving suspected suicide attempts jumped 51% for girls age 12-17.