Connecticut Department of Public Health

Health care workers across the state who were hired during the pandemic must be terminated if they aren’t fingerprinted for state-mandated background checks before July 20, the Connecticut Department of Public Health is warning in urgent memos being sent to nursing homes, home health agencies, chronic disease hospitals and other health care entities. An estimated 7,500 people were hired between…

The Department of Public Health said they will announce expanded walk-up access to the COVID-19 vaccine across Connecticut. DPH officials said this is done in an effort to have as many providers and locations as possible offering walk-up appointments where no appointments are needed. Many providers have been offering walk-up appointments for several weeks as a way to reduce barriers…

In many parts of Connecticut, vaccination clincs are seeing supply match or exceed demand, leading those clincs to look for a new strategy.

The acting commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Public Health received a coronavirus vaccine and said the best vaccine is the one that is available.

The Department of Public Health (DPH) has issued a COVID-19 alert and they are advising people to stay home during Super Bowl Sunday. The DPH is urging Connecticut residents to watch the game with household members only to avoid any spikes in COVID-19 cases. Experts warn that Super Bowl parties could trigger a surge in COVID-19 cases. The alert comes…

Super Bowl celebrations will look different this year at local restaurants because of the pandemic, but they are still looking for ways to satisfy diners’ cravings.

The federal government was expecting to inoculate at least 20 million Americans by the end of 2020, but fell short of the goal, with only four million doses being administered, according to the CDC. On Monday, Governor Ned Lamont announced that more than 75,180 COVID-19 doses have been administered and the state has received more than 167,000 vaccines. The state…

The state Dept. of Public Health is warning residents on the Connecticut shoreline about an illness caused by bacteria in salt or brackish water on Saturday.

Health officials said there has been an unusually high number of infections caused by bacteria in the salt or brackish water (a mix of salt and fresh water) along Long Island Sound.

The state Dept. of Public Health is warning residents on the Connecticut shoreline about an illness caused by bacteria in salt or brackish water on Saturday. Health officials said there has been an unusually high number of infections caused by bacteria in the salt or brackish water (a mix of salt and fresh water) along Long Island Sound. According to…

The state Department of Public Health issued a COVID-19 alert statewide for the Labor Day weekend with new concerns that infection of the virus could spread if the proper precautions and safety measures are not taken, according to a release from the department.

The city of Danbury will start the school year online amid an uptick in COVID-19 cases, the fields are closed in an effort to stop the spread of the virus and the mayor said the boat launch will also be closed. “We’re doing these things because we want to make sure that we protect our residents,” Boughton said. City...

Danbury announced on Monday that its students will begin the school year remotely because the city has seen a recent uptick in coronavirus cases.

The meeting lasted more than two hours over Zoom. The purpose of the meeting was for the CIAC to gain a better understanding for the change in the DPH’s position regarding fall sports.

Connecticut’s former Public Health Commissioner, Renee Coleman-Mitchell, speaks out about her removal from her position during the height of the coronavirus pandemic.

Connecticut’s former public health commissioner is alleging that Gov. Ned Lamont fired her for “discriminatory reasons” and administration officials prohibited her from implementing nursing home protocols that would have saved lives amid the coronavirus pandemic. Renée Coleman Mitchell lodged the claims in a five-page statement released Monday night by her lawyer, Eric Brown. “Over the last two months I...

With the United States now topping 5 million coronavirus cases as school district reopen across the country, a growing number of children are becoming infected. More than 97,000 children tested positive in just the last two weeks of July, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Addressing the need to help families communicate with loved ones in nursing homes, Connecticut’s Department of Health has introduced more technology. Specifically iPads, 800 of them. They were distributed Saturday to several Connecticut nursing homes, in hopes of providing residents with better quality of life. “In time for Mother’s Day,” said DPH IT Director, Vanessa Hinton. “We’re hoping a...