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Hartford Healthcare is partnering with local churches to reach communities that still need their COVID-19 vaccine. On Monday, Grace Worship Center Church along with the health care system partnered together to bring those vaccines to the community. Every Monday, the church provides food for those who struggle to put food on the table. A partnership with Connecticut’s Foodshare helps...

Official Rules May 3, 2021 – May 9, 2021 PRELIMINARY INFORMATION: NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A purchase will not improve your chances of winning. Void outside the WVIT Geographic Viewing Area (defined below), and where prohibited. The Hartford HealthCare: Yard Goats Opening Day Sweepstakes (“Sweepstakes”) will begin on May 3, 2021 at 5:00 A.M. ET and end on May 9, 2021…

Beginning Friday, all walk-ins will be welcome at all Hartford HealthCare vaccination sites. The health system has been testing a walk-in pilot program this week, and said due to the program’s success, it is opening up walk-in availability statewide. Hartford HealthCare runs vaccination clinics at a number of locations, including Sacred Heart University, the Connecticut Convention Center, the Xfinity...

Like all emergency room physicians Dr. Salk suddenly found himself on the front-lines fighting a global pandemic.

Hartford Healthcare is gearing up to resume giving out the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. “We’re excited to be able to get back to doing that,” said Dr. James Cardon, Hartford Healthcare Executive Vice President. Recently the CDC and FDA announced a nationwide hold was lifted after 11 days. That came amid reports of rare but severe blood clots in…

Hartford Healthcare is gearing up to resume giving out the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine.

Hartford HealthCare is providing some of its hospitals with the vaccine to administer to eligible individuals who wish to be vaccinated. Individuals who go to one of Hartford HealthCare’s hospitals seeking care will now be offered the coronavirus vaccine, officials said. If patients wish to get vaccinated and their condition allows, they can get the vaccine before being discharged....

Although a Hartford HealthCare clinic in Wethersfield began the day with hundreds of open vaccine appointments, vacancies filled quickly once word spread of the availability.

Hartford HealthCare said it will be notifying patients who are eligible for a coronavirus vaccine by text or email when appointments become available.   Starting at 6 a.m. on Friday, Hartford HealthCare patients age 45 to 54 who have not been vaccinated will be notified by text or email when vaccine appointments are available. They said the patients will not…

One year after the WHO names COVID-19 a global pandemic, Hartford HealthCare looked back at the past year and the impact its had on staff and patients.

Hartford HealthCare is opening three new mega-vaccination clinics in Connecticut on Monday. The effort is a part of the health care systems plan to get more shots into arms and expand access to doses for eligible patients. The three new locations include Xfinity Theatre in Hartford, Sacred Heart University in Fairfield and Foxwoods Casino in Mashantucket. The health care system…

This week, Hartford HealthCare plans to open at least 3 new mega-vaccination clinics in Connecticut. The effort is a part of the health care systems plan to get more shots into arms and expand access to doses for eligible patients. The three new locations include Xfinity Theatre in Hartford, Sacred Heart University in Fairfield and Foxwoods Casino in Mashantucket. The…

Friday marked one year since Dr. Virginia Bieluch answered your questions on an NBC Connecticut Facebook live about this concerning, new sickness at the time, called COVID-19. It was a time when, as can be seen in the interview, social distancing was not yet a thing. Now thousands of coronavirus tests are administered every day. More than half-a-million Americans have…

The Johnson & Johnson single shot COVID-19 vaccine is now in Connecticut. The state is expecting to receive about 39,000 doses this week. Providers started administering the vaccine to people Wednesday morning. “Such a relief!” said Melanie Brannigan-Johnston, a Putnam teacher who was one of the first to receive the J&J vaccine in the state. Day Kimball Healthcare in...

Approximately 600,000 more people in Connecticut became eligible to get the COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, bringing the total number of people eligible to roll up their sleeve over 1 million.

A mass COVID-19 vaccination site has opened in New Britain. The Hartford HealthCare coronavirus vaccine site will be the first of several more large sites to open in the coming weeks. Monday’s site will open at 1 Liberty Square in New Britain. The site is expected to be open from Monday through March 1. Get more information on Hartford HealthCare…

Starting Sunday, Hartford HealthCare is opening four drive-thru COVID-19 testing locations across the state for patients who need to be tested before an upcoming procedure. It comes after this week’s winter weather forced appointments to be canceled. Four sites will be open from 8 a.m. to noon on Sunday. Below are the following testing locations: Dodd Stadium in Norwich...

Throughout the month of February, we are highlighting community leaders working to make a difference. It’s a part of our “Connecticut in Color” Series. Keith Grant has become a trusted voice when people have questions about infectious diseases, especially COVID-19. Grant’s role in the United States Air Force along with some humble beginnings is allowing him to serve his...

Hartford HealthCare is opening what they are calling a COVID-19 vaccination mega center in New Britain in a few weeks with the hope that it will make it easier for residents to get vaccinated, and be the first of several such centers. The center, located at 1 Liberty Square in New Britain, is expected to open sometime between Monday, February…

As the state works to ramp up vaccinations for those a part of phase 1a and those 75 or older, many patients say they are running into issues when trying to sign up for an appointment. Robert Schulman told NBC Connecticut he found several issues when trying to sign his father up for an appointment. “I called the vaccination assistance…

Doctors in different ends of Connecticut are seeing a dangerous trend of fewer people going to the emergency room. “Of the people who are coming in, they seem to be much sicker,” said Dr. Andrew Lim, the medical director of the emergency room for Bristol Health. “We’re finding people that are missing that first golden hour of heart attacks...