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The UConn School of Pharmacy has developed a program for pharmacist to become certified as vaccinators for the COVID-19 vaccine. It was a special moment at St. Francis Hospital as both Dr. Reginald Eadie and Dr. Syed Hussain obtained their second doses of their COVID-19 vaccines. This time was a bit different than the first, as the vaccine was administered…

UConn’s School of Pharmacy works to train and certify more people to help administer the COVID vaccine.

Hospitals in Connecticut have started to receive their first doses of the coronavirus vaccine and Trinity Health Of New England will be giving its first vaccines today. Healthcare workers will be receiving the vaccine at the Saint Francis Hospital COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic. A news conference will be held at 11 a.m. The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommended...

Make your appointment for a free mammogram during the October 24th event.

Hospitals in Connecticut have started to receive their first doses of the coronavirus vaccine and Trinity Health Of New England will be giving its first vaccines today.

There is a lot that can go wrong between the manufacturing of the COVID-19 vaccine and when that vaccine actually gets into someone’s arm. Much of the challenge has to do with keeping those vaccines in crucial cold storage all along the way. Now, there is a clearer picture of what’s being done to keep this so-called “cold chain”...

Police arrested a man who they say stabbed another man more than 10 times in Hartford last month. The incident occurred on June 2 at approximately 6:58 p.m. in the area of Main and Nelson streets, police said. Police arrested 44-year-old Travis Kelly, also known as Trap Bone, on Thursday following a foot pursuit. A man was transported to Saint…

Learn how Saint Francis Hospital is reaching out to under-served members of the community to make sure everyone has access to COVID-19 testing.

As the state gets closer to reopening, St. Francis Hospital has made the decision to close its mobile field hospital. The move comes as Connecticut continues to see a downward trend of COVID-19 hospitalizations. The mobile units were assembled by the Governor’s Foot and Horse Guard on March 24. The efforts were apart of the hospital’s emergency preparedness plan....

As the state gets closer to reopening, St. Francis Hospital has made the decision to close its mobile field hospital.

This is National Nurses Week and the governor will be honoring nurses at Saint Francis Hospital who are on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic. At 11:30 a.m., Gov. Ned Lamont will participate in a ceremony outside of Saint Francis Hospital in Hartford, where nurses will be honored for their service.

A long line has formed Tuesday at the drive-through COVID-19 testing site at Saint Francis Hospital in Hartford. This is one screening site where cars line up early for testing. The site was closed Monday because of storms that brought powerful winds through and knocked down trees, which led to power outages. “This morning, there was a significant amount of…

There are long lines outside Saint Francis Hospital in Hartford as people wait to get tested for coronavirus. Saint Francis Hospital has drive-through COVID-19 screening and said testing has been a challenge, from the availability of the tests to the turnaround. On Wednesday, lines for screening at Saint Francis were dozens of vehicles long. So far, the hospital has tested…

A long line for COVID-19 testing has formed outside Saint Francis Hospital in Hartford. Dozens of cars are lines up.

Sixteen wide-eyed and inquisitive kindergarten students from Middletown were excited to donate care packages to newborns at Saint Francis Hospital in Hartford on Friday. The students, from Spencer Elementary School, individually carried the 30 care packages to the maternity unit. Inside each package is a handmade blanket, along with a onesie, pacifier, book and outfit, all donated by the community….

A group of Middletown kindergarten students delivered care packages to newborn babies at St. Francis Hospital on Friday.

Make your mammogram appointment today at StFrancisCare.org.

Two Simsbury firefighters were among those taken to the hospital after a deadly plane crash Wednesday morning at Bradley International Airport in Connecticut.

Four inmates at the Hartford Correctional Center were hospitalized after overdosing on fentanyl inside the jail and officials from the state Department of Correction said Wednesday that one of the inmates was pronounced dead on Saturday.