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How can Connecticut prepare for the next pandemic? Invest in public health, officials say
To Jennifer Kertanis, advocating for greater attention to public health over her three-decade career has often felt like screaming into a void. "Despite many, many years of advocacy, funding for...
As COVID-19 metrics fall, Connecticut’s testing sites may soon disappear. What will replace them?
As COVID-19 loosens its grip on the state of Connecticut and residents drop their masks and return to their social lives, health officials say the state may soon bid farewell...
Connecticut Gov. Lamont strikes hopeful tone at final COVID-19 press conference: ‘No mission accomplished banners’
Gov. Ned Lamont held his final, regularly scheduled coronavirus press briefing Thursday, complete with all the markings of a victory lap: reflections on the past 14 months, congratulations for a...
Daily coronavirus updates: Lamont calls for Connecticut residents to travel, eat out, return to the office. Governor says its time to ‘get out of the damn house.’
One week after Connecticut's expansive reopening, Gov. Ned Lamont urged the state's residents to return to the world — to travel, to eat out at restaurants, to work from the...
Connecticut has seen 18 cases of heart inflammation after COVID-19 vaccination. But doctors say teens and young adults should still get the shot
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating after a small number of people, mostly adolescents and young adults, reported heart inflammation following their COVID-19 vaccinations. And while...
One year after George Floyd’s murder, Connecticut leaders and activists say the real conversation about racism and police brutality is only just beginning
In 2020, a year already marked by tragedy and upheaval, one day in late May became an inflection point. Tuesday marks one year since George Floyd Jr.'s murder at the...
Daily coronavirus updates: Connecticut’s positivity rate below 1% for second consecutive day
Connecticut on Friday reported a daily positivity rate below 1% for the second consecutive day, as the state's coronavirus metrics continue to generally improve. While the number of tests administered...
As mask rules change and the COVID-19 pandemic subsides, a return to normal begins to arrive in Connecticut
On the first official day of Connecticut's big reopening Wednesday, it was business as usual at Edge Fitness in West Hartford, where dozens of visitors ran, lifted and trained, some...
Daily coronavirus updates: Connecticut’s positivity rate, hospitalizations decline again one day ahead of state’s expansive reopening
On the final day before the state's expansive reopening Wednesday, Connecticut showed continued improvement in both the positivity rate for COVID-19 and hospitalizations due to the virus. Tuesday's data reaffirms...
Connecticut’s masking rules will change Wednesday. At Walmart, Starbucks and Dunkin’ Donuts Park, masks will be optional. Here’s what you need to know.
Fully vaccinated Connecticut residents will be allowed to venture maskless into most public spaces starting Wednesday — but there are exceptions and caveats to the soon-to-be-lifted mandate, depending on both...