The proposal calls for a three-stage distribution plan, but complex logistics remain unresolved.
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‘We were used’: Hundreds of nursing home workers are laid off as financial crisis hits the facilities
Employees say the layoffs and cutbacks are especially cruel after they spent months risking their health working during COVID.
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Childhood immunizations dropped sharply during pandemic
Vaccinations decreased in March, April and May. Last month, families began returning to doctors’ offices for shots.
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Frustration growing in minority communities over government’s response to pandemic
There are only a handful of walk-up testing sites in the state, prohibiting those without cars from getting tested.
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The metaphors, metrics and modeling of COVID-19
The metaphors of the COVID-19 pandemic are evolving. So are the metrics and statistical models guiding the government’s response.
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Hundreds turn out to testify on plan to repeal CT’s religious vaccine exemption
Lawmakers pledged to include feedback from Wednesday’s public hearing in later versions of the bill.
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Proposal to eliminate religious exemption would bar unvaccinated children from school next fall
The bill is expected to be controversial, but lawmakers say they must act to prevent a public health crisis.
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Best of 2019: A not-so public commissioner of public health
Renée Coleman-Mitchell’s recent public statements about vaccine data have provoked questions about her approach to a job that demands input and accessibility.
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First two flu-related deaths of the season reported in Connecticut
Two Connecticut residents over the age of 65 died of flu-related complications last week, the first deaths of the season.
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Five things to know about the rise in vaping illnesses
A surge of vaping-related illnesses has sent hundreds of people to hospitals across the country, including 11 in CT, and resulted in seven deaths. So what’s being done about it?
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Lawyer for Bristol couple fights to keep school vaccination data private
The couple’s lawyer argued that school-level immunization data would be used as “a scare tactic to try to bully people into vaccinating.”
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A not-so public commissioner of public health
Renée Coleman-Mitchell’s recent public statements about vaccine data have provoked questions about her approach to a job that demands input and accessibility.
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Three more cases of mysterious lung disease reported in Connecticut
Altogether, the state has logged five cases of the illness. All of the patients became sick in July and August and have since been released from the hospital, the department said.
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Lawyers for state say school-level vaccination data won’t be released until October
School officials have until Sept. 6 to report immunization data from 2018-19 to the health department. After that, the health department will process and sort the data, which is expected to take weeks.
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State investigates respiratory illness possibly related to vaping
The Department of Public Health is investigating whether vaping is linked to the illnesses of two Connecticut residents hospitalized with respiratory issues.