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Hartford HealthCare officials and state leaders celebrated a milestone – as of Sunday, the health care group has conducted more than 100,000 COVID-19 tests. Connecticut has been testing thousands of people a day and Hartford HealthCare is one of the biggest partners. Outside the Duncaster Senior Living facility in Bloomfield, Hartford HealthCare President and CEO Jeffrey Flaks praised both his…

Federal health officials are creating temporary “surge testing” spots to help control the spread of the coronavirus and ease hospitalizations in Florida, Louisiana and Texas.

A COVID-19 rapid testing site, the second in the state, is opening in Hartford. Mayor Luke Bronin and Rep. John B. Larson announced Friday that the site, run by CVS Health, will open at the Samuel V. Arroyo Recreation Center at 30 Pope Park Drive. It will be staffed by licensed health care providers from MinuteClinic. Testing will be available…

There are new questions being raised about the accuracy of tests for coronavirus antibodies.

Leaders in Hartford are trying to make COVID-19 testing accessible for every resident

One week ago, Connecticut took a significant step amid the coronavirus crisis. Many businesses reopened, but only after making some major changes. You and your family are likely dealing with some big adjustments, too. What’s On Your Mind? Call us at (860) 880-2844. A week into phase one of Connecticut’s reopening plan, health concerns remain as more people begin to venture out of their homes. Financial frustration has...

As many businesses reopen after making major changes, we wanted to know what’s on your mind about the state’s reopening

Officials cautioned that as we reopen, we must continue to be cautious or a resurgence will set us back.

The Trump administration’s new strategy for coronavirus testing puts much of the burden on states while promising to provide supplies such as swabs and material to transport specimens.

Abbott Laboratories announced Wednesday the launch of its third test for the coronavirus and said it could be screening up to 20 million people for antibodies for COVID-19 by June. Abbott said it plans to distribute 4 million of the new antibody tests by the end of this month, after an initial shipment of 1 million tests this week to US…

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 state said the only asymptomatic people who should be getting tested now are those in vulnerable populations

Since mid April, a drive thru rapid testing site, operated by CVS, has been operating in New Haven, using the Abbott-ID process. A process that has now come under scrutiny for missing possible infections due to user error

As businesses reopened Friday in more of the U.S., an overwhelming majority of states still fall short of the COVID-19 testing levels that public health experts say are necessary to safely ease lockdowns and avoid another deadly wave of outbreaks, according to an Associated Press analysis. Rapid, widespread testing is considered essential to tracking and containing the coronavirus. But 41…

Federal health officials are warning about potential accuracy problems with a rapid test for COVID-19 made by Abbott Laboratories.

Gov. Ned Lamont said Tuesday that state continues to hit goals to start initially reopening next week.

A new coronavirus test could be a key but imperfect step toward the kind of mass screening deemed essential to reopening schools and businesses.

For the first time this week some nursing homes have received enough tests to be able to start testing both residents and workers who are not showing any signs of the virus. Friday a caravan of state democratic lawmakers made their away across the state to some of Connecticut’s hardest-hit nursing homes Between both Kimberly Hall North and South...

For the first time, some nursing homes have enough coronavirus tests to check residents and employees who are not showing signs of the virus