It was in an essay on the proper response to epidemics that Hippocrates famously wrote, ‘First, do no harm.’ Those words are as important for politicians as they are for physicians, and most important when stakes are the highest. I implore the General Assembly, when it returns, to confine itself to the considerable work at hand, and leave all non-essential proposals to another session.
COVID-19
The Connecticut Mirror is covering the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact in Connecticut. Read our most recent stories and in-depth reporting below.
Posted inHealth
Easter brings no respite from coronavirus, 60 new deaths in Connecticut
The number of new COVID-19 cases declined in Connecticut on Easter Sunday, but deaths and hospitalizations jumped .
Posted inNews
Hartford church offers social distance-friendly ‘drive-in’ Easter service
The pastor of Urban Hope Refuge Church wants to strike a balance between tradition and the rules of social distancing.
Posted inHealth
To ‘keep the lights on,’ doctors and hospitals ask for advance Medicare payments
Health providers are reaching out for a lifeline to counteract the effects of the coronavirus outbreak.
Posted inHealth
Rationing protective gear means checking on coronavirus patients less often. This can be deadly.
Low on essential supplies and fearing they’ll get sick, N.Y. doctors and nurses say in-person care has been scaled back.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Standing on the bottom line: Nurses and safe patient ratios
It’s the battle cry of nurses everywhere, ‘Better nurse-to-patient ratios!’ Bottom line is, they’re right. Safe staffing saves lives. Over the last few years, nurse-to-patient ratios has become a topic of heated discussion with nurses demanding mandated legislation and healthcare institutions screaming in opposition.
Posted inHealth
Lamont signs order creating nursing home recovery centers
Three nursing homes are tapped to serve residents after COVID-19 hospitalizations, and the National Guard began setting up an overflow hospital in the Connecticut Convention Center.
Posted inHealth
Pushed to the limit: community health centers ramp up telemedicine while juggling fallout from COVID-19
Like many businesses in Connecticut, community health centers are facing deep financial losses during the public health emergency.
Posted inMoney
CT jobless yet to receive their $600 federal benefit; state doesn’t know when they will
The state has access to money to pay the benefits, but doesn’t have the delivery system up and running yet.
Posted inPolitics
Hospitalizations slow. Lamont now faces questions on restrictions.
Connecticut’s governor is getting his first blowback over COVID-19 restrictions.
Posted inHealth
Connecticut doctors brace for coronavirus surge
Some Connecticut doctors have abandoned their offices for hospital ICU’s, while others struggle to maintain their practices.
Posted inHealth, Housing
Tenants are given 60-day grace period to pay rent
The new rule applies to those who have lost income due to the COVID-19 shutdown.
Posted inJustice
Connecticut’s Chief State’s Attorney talks COVID-19 and criminal justice reform
“The pandemic should be first and foremost on their mind when they’re looking at these cases,” says Richard Colangelo.
Posted inEducation, Health
Lamont to keep schools closed another month despite ‘glimmer of hope’ that social distancing is working
The state reported 46 new hospitalizations Thursday — the lowest daily increase Connecticut has seen in two weeks.
Posted inNews
Congress stumbles on new COVID-19 aid for small businesses, states, hospitals
Rep. Joe Courtney says ‘the well is going empty,” but partisan differences stall new federal coronavirus-response help.
