Renee Coleman-Mitchell says she was shut out of key policy discussions and dismissed from her job without cause.
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Lamont removes Coleman-Mitchell as commissioner of public health
Renée Coleman-Mitchell is out as the commissioner of the Department of Public Health.
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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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After the outcry, a search for accommodation on vaccines
Lawmakers are seeking a way to increase school vaccination rates without expelling kids whose parents resist the medical consensus about the efficacy of vaccines.
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Lawmakers begin mapping strategy to combat coronavirus as hundreds in CT are monitored for the illness
Hundreds of Connecticut residents with symptoms are being monitored for the virus as state requests more tests from federal government.
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Lawmakers advanced a bill barring new religious exemptions to vaccines. Here’s what it would do.
As thousands of angry parents protested Monday, lawmakers advanced a bill eliminating the religious exemption to vaccines.
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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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Health officials report first death of child related to flu
Connecticut health officials are reminding people to get vaccinated against the flu and take precautions after a child died of the disease last week.
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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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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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DPH commissioner finds her voice on immunizations
Gov. Ned Lamont promised Monday to take the lead on the repeal of religious exemptions for school-age vaccinations.
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Lamont, health commissioner will support repeal of state’s religious vaccine exemption
Their support follows the release of data showing a recent 25% spike in the number of students claiming the exemption.
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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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Religious exemptions to vaccines rose by 25 percent in one year
The increase is the largest single-year jump in religious exemptions since the department began tracking the data a decade ago.