Popsicles and haircuts were the lure Wednesday at COVID vaccination clinic in Hartford, which badly lags the statewide vaccination rate.
Vaccines
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COVID booster shots starting in September as delta variant spreads and breakthrough cases rise
Connecticut hospitals and health districts were gearing up to administer booster shots of COVID-19 vaccines in late September.
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As the COVID delta variant spreads, some CT town leaders revive lockdown-era practices
Some Connecticut cities are reverting to virtual public meetings and reimplementing mask mandates in government buildings.
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Hundreds of UConn students ask for vaccine exemptions
More than 800 want exemptions from the university’s coronavirus vaccine mandate. More than 500 have been granted.
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Lamont to unions: Broader vaccine requirements may be coming
Gov. Ned Lamont recently warned labor unions he’s weighing a vaccination requirement for state employees.
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For work and family, some vaccine holdouts decide to get the shot
Whether their jobs required it or because family members encouraged them, about a dozen holdouts decided to get vaccinated Monday.
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More children are being vaccinated, but rate of COVID cases continues to climb in Connecticut
Gov. Ned Lamont’s office reported an additional 295 cases Thursday out of 13,270 tests, amounting to a 2.2% positivity rate.
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As mass vaccination sites close, focus turns to mobile clinics to reach targeted groups
As vaccination rates have slowed, mass vaccination sites have closed while the state shifted its focus to smaller clinics.
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More COVID vaccines are being wasted as demand drops
Nearly a third of all wasted COVID vaccine doses in CT were lost since the end of May.
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CSCU board votes to require COVID vaccines for students in the fall
Connecticut State Colleges and Universities will require students to be vaccinated against COVID-19 before returning to campus this fall.
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‘There’s a dividing line’ — Vaccination rates trace socioeconomic boundaries in CT
Public health officials are struggling to get vaccines across socioeconomic dividing lines in urban areas across the state.
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Federal lawsuit takes on CT’s law ending religious exemptions for vaccines
The plaintiffs asked a judge to find the law unconstitutional and to grant a permanent injunction.
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CT records lowest COVID positivity rate in months: 1.34%
Demand starting to pick up for J&J vaccine after slow start
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The risks of getting a J&J shot: What you need to know
Connecticut residents will soon have more ways to get the single-shot vaccine. But will the “pause” have scared people away?
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As COVID-19 vaccine supply begins to outpace demand, Gov. Lamont asks business and labor for help
More than 60% of Connecticut residents 16 and older have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
