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As millions of doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine arrive across the country, different health care systems are beginning to initiate their plans to distribute the vaccines to their networks. The wheels are spinning for Yale-New Haven Health officials to get the newly FDA approved vaccines safely to their destinations. “Our pharmacy is the one doing that allocation and has...

Overdose deaths from opioids are on the rise in Connecticut as the coronavirus pandemic has compounded social stressors and increased isolation. State health officials said Friday the state is projected to record more than 1,300 overdose deaths by the end of the year, the Hartford Courant reports. That compares to 1,200 fatal overdoses in 2019. Through October, the state had seen…

The CDC reports that overdose fatalities in the U.S. have spiked during the coronavirus pandemic.

Connecticut’s major health care groups have a plan in place to distribute the COVID-19 vaccine to facilities across the state.

With concerns over COVID-19 cases rising over the holidays, teachers and school staff across the state are asking for stronger safety measures or for classes to go online full time. The Education Coalition is calling for schools across Connecticut to go remote after Thanksgiving through mid-January. “What we’re trying to make sure doesn’t happen, however, is everyone is pushed...

Union leaders are calling for more safety measures in Connecticut schools, including testing for all students.

Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy are in quarantine after Director of Communications for Governor Ned Lamont, Max Reiss, tested positive for COVID-19 late Friday night. Blumenthal said in a tweet that he was recently tested and is currently in self-isolation. He also said he did not come in close contact with Reiss. Murphy said in a tweet that he…

Director of Communications for Governor Ned Lamont, Max Reiss, has tested positive for COVID-19. A spokesperson for the governor’s office made the announcement that a senior staff member tested positive for the virus late Friday night. Reiss later released a statement on Twitter stating that he was the one who tested positive. Because of this, the governor, Chief of...

Governor Ned Lamont is quarantining after Director of Communications Max Reiss tested positive for COVID-19 late Friday night.

President Donald Trump on Friday talked about the coronavirus pandemic and the latest vaccine developments in his first press conference since losing the election to President-elect Joe Biden. Trump did not acknowledge his defeat.

The union that represents 10,000 home health care workers recently found out that the state will no longer be distributing PPE on a biweekly basis. That means regular shipment of gloves, gowns, surgical masks and face shields will be replaced with five cloth masks per quarter. “What I had to do yesterday was actually count out a supply so that…

Public health leaders warn that Labor Day Weekend will be a critical time to maintain COVID-19 safety precautions and prevent the spread of the virus. “We do need to be vigilant,” warned Mary Day, a public health nurse practitioner for Ledge Light Health District, covering East Lyme, Groton, Ledyard, Lyme, New London, North Stonington, Old Lyme, Stonington & Waterford. Day…

The Metropolitan District and Yale University are partnering up to monitor for COVID-19 in wastewater in the greater Hartford region. The study aims to help with advanced warning of potential outbreaks. Yale researches have already been sampling New Haven-area wastewater since March, and found that increases and decreases of the virus detected in sewage predicted the results found by individual…

New Haven Health Director Maritza Bond says that slight increase in positive cases shouldn’t cause alarm but that it’s an important reminder that the pandemic is far from over.

A 6 and a half week-old baby from Hartford whose death was reported to be related to the coronavirus was infected with the virus, but the cause of death was determined to be Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SIDS), the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) confirmed Friday. Infants sometimes die of unexplained causes or unsafe sleeping conditions. When…

Throughout the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, NBC Connecticut has been asking ‘What’s On Your Mind?’ People from all around the state have responded to that question. We have received hundreds of calls from people throughout the state who have been concerned, worried, sick, recovering, mourning, confused, desperate, proud, grateful, surprised, supportive – and any other emotion possible. The coronavirus…

COVID-19 hospitalizations are up for a third straight day, though the state’s positive rate is still hovering around 1%, Gov. Ned Lamont said in a press briefing Thursday. Connecticut hospitalizations were up by two Thursday, to 90. Five more people have died, bringing the total number of coronavirus fatalities in Connecticut to 4,348. There were 101 new cases recorded out…

Contact tracing starts with a phone call from your local health department after you’ve tested positive for COVID-19. “We confirm their identity.  We ask about a few symptoms and we identify close contacts,” explained Mary Day, a nurse practitioner for the Ledge Light Health District in New London. You’ll know the phone call is legitimate when the phone number...