Connecticut Department of Public Health

Connecticut’s Department of Public Health has reached a settlement agreement with the agency’s former commissioner, who was fired in the first weeks of the coronavirus pandemic. She had accused Gov. Ned Lamon of discriminating against her, a Black woman, by elevating several white people to lead the crisis response. The agreement, signed on Monday, settles a federal lawsuit filed...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has listed four Connecticut counties in the high/orange category for transmission of COVID-19 and state health officials said we are experiencing the “long-anticipated winter COVID-19 surge.” Fairfield, Litchfield, Middlesex and New Haven counties are all listed as high on the community levels map and the state Department of Public Health is advising...

It’s been two weeks since the State of Connecticut announced its first reported case of monkeypox. And while it’s still rare, now one of the people who has contracted it is sharing his experience and sending a message to others in hopes of slowing the spread. “It’s been a physical and emotional roller coaster, for sure,” Johnny Rivera said....

The diagnosis marks the first case of monkeypox in the State of Connecticut, according to Dept. of Public Health officials.

The state’s first case of monkeypox is a man from New Haven County, according to the Connecticut Department of Public Health.

Department of Public Health officials said an elderly woman in Connecticut has died of Powassan virus.

Department of Public Health officials said an elderly woman in Connecticut has died of Powassan virus. A woman in her 90s became the second Connecticut resident to test positive for the virus this year. A Windham man was the first person to test positive for Powassan virus this year, according to DPH officials. The woman lived in New London County…