covid-19 pandemic

The head of the World Health Organization has warned that the COVID-19 pandemic is “most certainly not over” despite a decline in reported cases since the peak of the omicron wave. He told governments on Sunday that “we lower our guard at our peril.” The U.N. health agency’s director-general told officials gathered in Geneva for the opening of the WHO’s...

Connecticut’s 7-day rolling COVID-19 positivity rate is almost at 14%. On Friday the positivity rate stands at 13.71%, up from Thursday’s 13.24%. According to Governor Ned Lamont’s office, 76,293 tests have been reported, and 10,459 were positive. There are 323 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 throughout the state. Of the 323 people hospitalized, 102 (31.58%) are not fully vaccinated, according to…

Some Broadway theaters are ending the policy of requiring customers to show proof of vaccination. In a statement, the Broadway League said that beginning Sunday, the owners and operators of all 41 Broadway theaters are extending the mask requirement at least through the end of May but many will no longer check for vaccination status. The announcement recommended that theatergoers…

The nation’s top infectious disease expert says the coronavirus appears to be making a transition to becoming an endemic disease — occurring regularly in certain areas

Airline mask mandates are no longer in effect — and some plane passengers received that news with cheers in the middle of their flights. Watch the video here.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates upwards of 140 million Americans have been infected since February 2020. That’s about 43 percent of the population.

140 million Americans have been infected with COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic. Experts weigh in on why some people have never gotten sick.

When the end of the COVID-19 pandemic comes, it could create major disruptions for U.S. health care.

Connecticut’s daily COVID-19 positivity rate has risen slightly, and there has been no change in the number of patients hospitalized with COVID-19, according to Governor Ned Lamont’s office. Tuesday’s COVID-19 positivity rate is 3.51%, up from Monday’s 2.97%. According to officials, 9,618 tests have been reported since Monday and 338 were positive. Since Monday, there has been no change in…

Experts discuss what the next phase of the pandemic might be like

A pandemic, supply shortages, inflation: times are tough, money has been tight and new parents are feeling the pinch. “The mothers and the young fathers are in crisis right now, said Pastor Brenda Adkins of His Divine Will Fellowship. A crisis, Adkins says is impacting families in Connecticut. “It’s the prices of the baby formula that is very, very...

A blockade of the bridge between Canada and Detroit by protesters demanding an end to Canada’s COVID-19 restrictions forced the shutdown Wednesday of a Ford plant and began to have broader implications for the auto industry.

Two nurses working on Long Island are accused of forging official COVID-19 vaccination cards and entering the information into New York’s statewide database — a scheme that allegedly brought in over $1.5 million. The district attorney in Suffolk County announced Friday the arrests of Julie DeVuono, 49, and Marissa Urrao, 44, who worked at Wild Child Pediatric Healthcare in Amityville….

New York City readied to embrace the new year — and bid good riddance to another pandemic-marred 12 months — as it prepared to revive its annual New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square.

Hundreds of flights are being cancelled as the omicron variant creates havoc both for travelers and for airlines who are having to cobble together flight crews as infections rise among pilots and flight attendants

Connecticut residents looking for a COVID-19 test the Monday after Christmas tended to wait in long lines or were out of luck. At no appointment necessary sites in Willimantic, New Haven, Waterbury, New Britain and Hartford, lines of people waited for hours either outside or in their idling cars. The site in Willimantic closed 2.5 hours early after workers ran…

Following the Christmas holiday and ahead of the New Years holiday, long lines were present around the state at COVID-19 testing facilities.