Pfizer hasn’t delivered conclusive proof to back up its confidence on the value of booster shots in fighting COVID variants.
Pfizer CEO to public: Just trust us on the COVID booster
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Photo story: As temperatures soared, people kept cool in city parks
As the hot weather persisted across Connecticut this week, people took advantage of city parks and splash pads.
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Audit raises concerns about investigations of elder abuse in CT
The number of investigations into complaints of elder abuse increased by 29% over three years — even while caseloads increased.
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Zoning reform will save suburban businesses
In Connecticut’s small towns, there are some institutions that are essential fixtures in the community. Restaurants where people eat on special occasions or popular spots for first dates are host to some of our most treasured memories.
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Clean waterways, beaches and communities: everyone can help make it happen
Nobody likes a nag. With that in mind, this year’s #DontTrashLISound campaign isn’t going to be harping so much on the ubiquitous litter problem as on solutions —big, small and in-between.
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CT Lottery prepares for sports betting, but the NFL season might kick off first
CT Lottery introduced its sports betting partner Thursday: Rush Street Interactive.
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COVID-19 testing rates have dropped in CT. Do we have a handle on the spread of the delta variant?
Scientists are questioning whether today’s positivity rate is a reasonable measure of the disease’s spread in the untested population.
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Emails offer clues behind UConn president Katsouleas’ departure
Before he resigned, UConn President Thomas Katsouleas butted heads with the university’s board on a handful of issues, emails show.
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Lamont, legislature headed for a showdown over funding of watchdog agency
Legislative leaders want a tiny fraction of the state budget effectively dedicated for a probe of Connecticut Port Authority contracts.
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Medicare for all — New Haven supports it
On August 2, the New Haven Board of Alders unanimously approved an aldermanic resolution in support of the Medicare for All Act of 2021 (H.R. 1976). This is a landmark piece of legislation that would establish a single-payer national health program in the United States.
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Latinos are becoming a more effective social and political force
The Latino population is growing in leaps and bounds every year. The latest census figures estimate that the Latino population has reached about 65 million nationwide and is about 20% of our total population. Latinos continue to be the fastest-growing demographic in the United States.
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Cuomo resigns over harassment scandal, clearing way for New York’s first woman governor
With Cuomo’s resignation, New York will be the only state to have women in the two top leadership positions.
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‘This was avoidable,’ climate activists say about grim new science
Some of the world’s foremost climate scientists are now warning that limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit), as envisioned in the Paris Agreement signed at the last major climate summit in 2015 is imperative.
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Little to no enforcement of rules on the Merritt Parkway or Metro-North
What do Metro-North and the Merritt Parkway have in common, I mean, aside from often crawling at a snail’s pace? Well, both seem to be hotbeds of unenforced safety rules.
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COVID hospitalizations skew younger as delta variant spreads in CT
Younger people now account for a higher proportion of COVID-19 hospitalizations than in January, federal data show.