Covid-19 Vaccine

New York state health officials have begun drafting plans to disperse coronavirus vaccines in anticipation of the completed testing of a federally-funded drug to combat the virus that has so far led to the deaths of nearly 220,000 Americans. A state vaccine task force has created a draft of a distribution plan for New York ahead of a completed vaccine…

A successful vaccine for COVID-19 could be months away or even further into next year. But Governor Ned Lamont wants to make sure Connecticut is ready to go when it does become available. While the race is on to develop a vaccine for coronavirus, on Thursday, people logged on for the first virtual meeting of the governor’s COVID-19 vaccine...

While the race is on to develop a vaccine for coronavirus, on Thursday, people logged on for the first virtual meeting of the governor’s COVID-19 vaccine advisory group.

The state has released the names of the members of its COVID-19 Vaccine Advisory Group, which will be responsible for advising the governor on distribution strategies and communicating with residents about the vaccine, Governor Ned Lamont said Friday. The group’s meetings are expected to start in mid-October and be open to the public. The state Department of Public Health...

Writer Molly Jong-Fast walks us through her experience of participating in a COVID-19 vaccine trial, why she did it, and why you are much safer taking the vaccine than taking your chances of contracting the virus.

You’ve probably been seeing a lot of stuff about COVID-19 vaccine trials. Us too — so we reached out to a Columbia University Medical Center doctor to get us some answers.

U.S. Senator Chris Murphy will be in West Haven Friday for a discussion on the town’s plans for disseminating a COVID-19 vaccine in the future. Murphy; Joe Soto, the emergency management director and PHEP Coordinator; Neil Cavallaro, superintendent of West Haven; State Representative Dorinda Borer; State Senator James Maroney; and Lou Esposito, chief of staff for Mayor Rossi; are...

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert Redfield testified on Wednesday that broad access to the COVID-19 vaccination likely won’t be available until “the second or third quarter” of 2021.

Racing to find a COVID-19 vaccine. That’s the task facing pharmaceutical companies around the globe and right here in Connecticut. The CaroGen Corporation is among several Connecticut-based companies working on a vaccine The Farmington-based vaccine and immunology therapy company has been working on a formula since the pandemic’s early stages in February. CaroGen Corporation CEO Bijan Almassian says they...

Several local companies are working hard to stop COVID-19 by researching a vaccine