Lawmakers say the state should help programs, like higher education, beset by the COVID pandemic. Will the governor agree?
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Biden’s big health agenda won’t be easy to achieve
If Biden wins the presidency, health will be a high priority. Just not in the way he might have thought.
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Who decides when vaccine studies are done?
Dr. Anthony Fauci will oversee most of the ongoing COVID-19 vaccine trials in the U.S., but not Pfizer’s.
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Backus nurses’ union reaches deal with hospital over new contract
Increased pay, more protective equipment included in deal.
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With COVID-19 cases rising in CT, some nursing homes are now requiring visitor testing
The state has issued no mandate around visitor testing, leaving the decision up to the nursing homes.
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COVID money goes out to underfunded local health departments
Nothing like a pandemic to get Connecticut’s underfunded local and regional health districts an influx of cash.
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AG William Tong: $8.3b Purdue Pharma settlement is ‘unacceptable’
The deal was slammed by Connecticut Attorney General William Tong, who is suing Purdue Pharma in state court.
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‘Out of sight, out of mind’: few testify in Whiting Task Force public hearing
The Whiting Task Force blocked out eight hours for a public hearing. They only needed one.
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At 3% positive, CT reaches another dangerous COVID-19 milestone — and much faster than the last one
Connecticut’s daily COVID-19 infection rate reached 3% Monday, just one week after hitting its highest mark since early June.
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During the peak of the pandemic, deaths in Connecticut increased by 55 percent. COVID-19 accounted for almost all of them.
COVID-19 accounted for almost all of the 55% spike in the number of deaths during the peak of the pandemic.
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After outbreaks boost CT’s COVID numbers, Lamont reboots his travel quarantine system
The new standards are expected to modestly reduce the number of states on Connecticut’s COVID watch list.
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As pandemic grinds on, domestic violence shelters grapple with budget gaps, growing needs
The 18 nonprofits that serve domestic violence victims are seeing a combined $350,000 gap in their budgets.
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Inside the fall of the CDC
At 7:47 a.m. on the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend, Dr. Jay Butler pounded out a grim email to colleagues at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. Butler, then the head of the agency’s coronavirus response, and his team had been trying to craft guidance to help Americans return safely to worship […]
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As pandemic wears on, Connecticut prepares to launch its long-awaited health information exchange
After more than a decade, Connecticut is poised to launch its health information exchange. Some worry it’s coming too late.
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CT logs back-to-back daily COVID infection rates at 2%
Connecticut’s weekly coronavirus infection rate ticked upward again Wednesday after back-to-back daily rates at or beyond 2%.