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CVS Health is adding add another 13 COVID-19 test sites at CVS Pharmacy drive-thru locations across the state. The new sites, which will use self-swab tests, will open today, expanding on the prior 12 that opened on May 15, according to Aetna. Self-swab tests will be available to people who meet the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention criteria, in…

Expanding COVID-19 testing, CVS opened 12 new sites in Connecticut Friday. Each at pharmacy drive-thru locations around the state. At these sites, people, who pre-register on CVS.com can administer a self-swab test while remaining in their car. “Our focus has been on people’s health and expanding access to testing,” said CVS executive vice president Tom Moriarty. Unlike the CVS...

The number of COVID-19 hospitalizations in the state of Connecticut is down 70 from a day earlier, according to the governor. This is one of the largest single-day decreases in hospitalizations, down around 40 percent from the peak a few weeks ago. The number of hospitalizations is a key figure that Gov. Ned Lamont has been watching as his administration…

Doctors say they’ve seen fewer people in the ER for things like strokes, heart attacks, appendicitis, or gallbladder issues, but worry that these patients are ignoring serious symptoms because they fear a trip to the hospital.

The town of West Hartford is looking at ways to help restaurants get more outdoor dining space for the first phase of reopening.

CVS and the United Parcel Service will start using drones next month to deliver prescription medications to residents in a Florida retirement community in an effort to maintain social distancing measures, UPS announced Monday.

Lined up bumper-to-bumper, four lanes wide, vehicles entered the CVS rapid testing site in New Haven Saturday. The drive-thru testing site, located at the Gateway Community College campus on Sargent Drive, opened Friday. It’s one of only a few sites in the country using the Abbott ID NOW COVID-19 tests. Other sites like it are located in Massachusetts, Rhode...

Governor Ned Lamont visited the state’s first rapid coronavirus testing site in New Haven on Saturday.

A rapid COVID-19 testing center is opening in New Haven and it’s the first in the state. Gov. Ned Lamont said the state has formed a partnership with CVS Health for free rapid COVID-19 tests for eligible Connecticut residents. The governor said CVS Health is using the new Abbott ID NOW™ COVID-19 test and plans to conduct up to 750…

A new rapid testing site for the coronavirus has opened in New Haven which can give people results in just minutes, instead of days.

A rapid COVID-19 testing center is opening in New Haven and it’s the first in the state. Gov. Ned Lamont said the state has formed a partnership with CVS Health for free rapid COVID-19 tests for eligible Connecticut residents.

Thousands of people will soon be able to drive to a nearby parking lot, swab their noses and find out within minutes if they have the coronavirus. CVS Health and Walgreens each opened one drive-thru testing location last month — but they’re now expanding the number of sites and opening them to the general public. Their first drive-thrus were restricted to first...

CVS Health Chief Executive Larry Merlo said a lack of personal protective equipment has slowed the widespread rollout of its drive-thru tests for the coronavirus and limited the number of tests that sites are able to do.

CVS Health has announced it will be adding 50,000 new jobs to help the company meet demand amid the coronavirus pandemic. 

St. Patrick’s Day is a few days away and many communities across our state have cancelled their celebrations because of concerns about the coronavirus. One family from Moodus didn’t realize Hartford’s parade had been cancelled and they were all decked out to celebrate. “I went to the store to buy more because this is a tradition, this is what...

St. Patrick’s Day is a few days away and many communities across our state have cancelled their celebrations because of concerns about the coronavirus.

Three Meriden police officers were on what police referred to as administrative assignments after a shooting in October and police said the officers were found to have acted within the law and department policy.

A Purdue University engineering student said he denied the purchase of over-the-counter cold medicine by a CVS employee who refused to accept his Puerto Rican driver’s license and U.S. passport as valid identification and questioned his immigration status. Puerto Rico is a U.S. territory and Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens by birth. José Guzmán Payano, a junior at Purdue, went...

Walmart, CVS Health and Rite Aid are pulling all containers of Johnson & Johnson’s 22-ounce baby powder after the FDA found sub-trace amounts of asbestos, the companies confirmed Thursday. “CVS Pharmacy is complying with Johnson & Johnson’s voluntary recall of Johnson’s Baby Powder 22 oz. and is removing this product from all stores and from CVS.com,” spokesman Mike DeAngelis said...