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A Connecticut middle school teacher who raised thousands of dollars to buy groceries for local families impacted by COVID-19 got some good news. “I got a tremendous amount of support in the past few days. About $13,000 has been sent in from all around the country,” Louis Goffinet said. With no charity or fundraising background, Goffinet started an online fundraiser…

In the early weeks of the pandemic, one thing became clear to Louis Goffinet: he needed to help. “As a teacher I was able to see pretty closely how COVID was impacting families,” said Goffinet, who teaches in a Connecticut middle school. With no charity or fundraising background, Goffinet started an online fundraiser to help his Mansfield neighbors buy groceries….

A Connecticut teacher trying to give back during the pandemic raised more than $40,000, and now he’s finding that he’s expected to pay around $16,000 in taxes on that money.

Thirteen Connecticut towns and cities in Connecticut have been identified as COVID-19 hotspots and now state and local leaders are focusing in on vaccination efforts in those areas.

The governor’s office says over the next few weeks they will be working closely with officials in the Waterbury and Naugatuck valley areas to curb an upward trend in coronavirus cases.

Experts warn that it is important that people don’t get a false sense of security immediately after the shot, especially as the majority of Connecticut’s towns are under a red alert and variants of the virus continue to spread.

Health experts urge Connecticut residents to stay vigilant against COVID-19 even after becoming fully vaccinated.

Officials at Yale New Haven Hospital believe the uptick in younger COVID patients is tied to a lack of vaccination among the younger age groups and the circulating COVID-19 variants.

A day after the Connecticut Supreme Court validated Gov. Ned Lamont’s executive powers during the pandemic, the state Senate voted to endorse and extend those powers another 30 days.  “The general assembly is a deliberative body that is not set up to act with the speed that the executive can act in the course of an emergency,” Senate President...

Priority access to the COVID-19 vaccine will be given to people ages 16 to 44 with specific medically high-risk conditions starting April 1, according to Governor Ned Lamont.

A settlement was reached in a federal lawsuit between the American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut and the state which would take measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus in prisons. Two lawsuits were filed since the emergence of coronavirus: one federal and one state. If approved, the settlement reached on Sunday in the federal McPherson v. Lamont case will…

The city of New Haven has announced plans to vaccinate teachers, school staff and child care professionals, including a list of locations and dates for where clinics will take place.

The so-called “South African” variant of the COVID-19 virus has been detected in a Connecticut patient for the first time, according to the Department of Public Health.

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.