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The CDC approved the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines for children between the ages of six months to five years old that rolled out in late June. So far, the Connecticut Department of Public Health said about 3,000 people from this age group have already received a Moderna or Pfizer vaccine. But health officials say that is not enough. “Although it…

Mother’s Day weekend is shaping up to be busy for businesses and with the state seeing a slow but steady increase in cases, restaurant owners tell us COVID-19 remains at the forefront. There is a sizzling appetite to celebrate mothers this weekend at Rooster Company in Newington. “It’s one of the busiest aside from probably the night before Thanksgiving,”...

This past December through February, experts say roughly three in five people in the United States had been infected.

Connecticut’s daily COVID-19 positivity rate is now 3.48%, down from Tuesday’s 3.51% According to Gov. Ned Lamont’s office, 15,529 tests have been reported since Tuesday and 540 were positive. According to officials, 255 patients are currently hospitalized with COVID-19, down 6 from Tuesday. Of the 255 patients hospitalized, 131 (51.4%) are not fully vaccinated. For a breakdown of state COVID-19…

Over 150 athletes and team officials have tested positive for COVID-19 at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. Nearly a third of positive cases were within the tightly regulated closed loop.

The COVID-19 positivity rate in Connecticut reached over 3% Monday, up from 2.72% on Friday. According to the CT Department of Public Health, the Delta variant is fueling a rise in case numbers in the state. Cases are being traced, statewide, to social gatherings. The DPH is advises that if people are planning on hosting a gathering, outside is the…

With the Delta variant of COVID-19 spreading through Connecticut, Gov. Lamont said Monday he has no immediate plans to reinstitute any restricitions.

Authorities reported over 3,000 new cases of COVID-19 in Tokyo on Sunday.

Florida reported 21,683 new cases of COVID-19, the state’s highest one-day total since the start of the pandemic.

Several states scaled back their reporting on COVID-19 this month just as cases across the country tripled with the delta variant of the virus spreading quickly among the unvaccinated

The NFL has informed teams they could potentially forfeit a game due to a COVID-19 outbreak among non-vaccinated players and players on both teams wouldn’t get paid that week.

The U.S. surgeon general says he’s worried about what lies ahead with cases of COVID-19 increasing in every state, millions still unvaccinated and a highly contagious virus variant spreading rapidly.

Even as the pandemic evolves and new variants emerge that are more transmissible or can make people sicker, human behavior remains one of the biggest pieces of the equation.

Fifteen months after the pandemic transformed Las Vegas from flamboyant spectacle to ghost town, Sin City is back.

Connecticut is planning to initiate a “tiered approach” to scheduling the nearly 1.4 million residents who fall in Phase 1b of the state’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout.

The governor on Tuesday laid out a tiered approach for appointments for phase 1b of vaccine administration.

Connecticut is planning to initiate a “tiered approach” to scheduling the nearly 1.4 million residents who fall in Phase 1b of the state’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout. The plan comes at the direction of Gov. Ned Lamont and focuses on vaccinating those resident most at risk for adverse health outcomes from the coronavirus first. As of Tuesday, a total of 220,820…

Community Health Center opened a drive-through COVID-19 vaccination clinic on an old runway at Pratt & Whitney in East Hartford on Monday.

Waterbury is the latest city in Connecticut to see an uptick in coronavirus cases and now the mayor is rolling out new restrictions at municipal buildings including city hall.