Covid Vaccine

Health leaders are keeping an eye on the daily infection rates and the slight uptick in cases. As of Wednesday, the state reported a 1.95% positivity rate, a slight dip from Tuesday’s 2.71% infection rate.

With the state’s daily COVID-19 positivity rate rising, state health experts are urging people who aren’t vaccinated to get the shot.

COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations in the U.S. are on the rise as the highly contagious delta variant spreads, driven by the least vaccinated parts of the country. And while no vaccine is perfect, meaning fully vaccinated people occasionally will get infected, those so-called breakthrough cases are rare and usually are mild. They ar...

Joslyn Wakefield was not expecting to get vaccinated Friday. In fact, at one time she did not want to get vaccinated at all. “I really opposed the vaccine when it first came out, but I rather have the vaccine so I can stay healthy, be healthy,” said Wakefield, who lives in New London. She said in the last several months…

The city of New Haven just got some good financial news to help in the fight to keep its communities healthy. A $4 million federal grant will specifically target improving health literacy as well as COVID-19 vaccination efforts. “It is so exciting to be able to get some funding into the public health system so that we can be able…...

Connecticut leaders are urging unvaccinated people to get vaccinated against COVID-19. The continued push comes as the state recorded a slight increase in COVID case numbers this week.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) put out a warning about the Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) COVID-19 vaccine after about 100 cases of a nerve condition were identified in people two weeks after inoculation. The nerve condition is called Guillain-Barre Syndrome or GBS. The body’s immune system damages nerve cells, causing muscle weakness...

The city of Hartford is adding a new incentive for people to get vaccinated against COVID-19 — cash. The first 200 residents of Hartford to get vaccinated against COVID-19 in July, then post video about it on social media to spread the word to their network will each get $250, Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin said Tuesday. People will need to&#8230...

Quinnipiac is spearheading an effort to get college-aged people to get a Covid-19 vaccine.

The Connecticut Public Health College Corps program, which is a joint collaboration between the university and the state Department of Public Health, aims to address vaccine hesitancy among those ages 18 to 24, and offers Connecticut college students a chance to earn up to $550 a week.

The city of Hartford is offering $250 in cash to 200 residents who get vaccinated in the month of July provided the follow certain guidelines.