health districts

Local health districts across Connecticut will be getting money from the CDC to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19.

A lot of the work health departments perform happens behind the scenes and out of the public eye.  According to their directors, most of those public health employees have not had a break since this pandemic started. “It seems like superhero hours, nights and weekends without breaks,” said Jennifer Muggeo, the deputy director for the Ledge Light Health District in...

A lot of the work performed by public health departments happens behind the scenes and many of them are stretched thin keeping you safe during the pandemic and upcoming flu season.

Director of Health for the Central Connecticut Health District, Charles Brown, says he has been here before: frustrated about what he calls a lack of state funding for local public health systems. This year, in the middle of response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Brown said that he learned that the state would not be providing health districts with the amount…

In the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, local health districts learned this week they are losing some state funding.

When dining out, your safety starts long before your plate arrives at the table.  Temperature checks on the food, the freezer, and the fridge are important. To kill a virus, so is the temperature of the water cleaning your plate. Jeff Vecchitto, a sanitarian for the Central Connecticut Health District, tests the temperature of the water in the dishwasher...

Local health inspectors take NBC Connecticut through the process of making sure restaurants and other businesses are complying with the state’s coronavirus guidelines.