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Early Friday morning, President Donald Trump announced in a tweet that he and First Lady Melania Trump have tested positive for COVID-19. This comes hours after it was announced the president’s top aide Hope Hicks tested positive for COVID-19. Dr. David Banach, an infectious disease physician at UConn Health is talking about the type of care and examination the...

An infectious diseases specialist from UConn Health talked to NBC Connecticut about what President Trump’s doctors will monitor after his COVID-19 diagnosis.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

UConn Health announced their medical staff will be able to perform elective surgeries again starting today, May 14. “The first day went well,” shared Karen Curley, RN, nursing director of procedural services at UConn Health. “Our patients have been in very good spirits.” Elective surgeries were on hold by health care providers to ensure facilities had enough personal protective equipment…

Taylor Kinzler from CT LIVE! interviews some of the nurses at UCONN Health talking about COVID-19 and how it has changed their professions.

UConn Health is asking people who have fully recovered from COVID-19 to donate plasma that might be able to help current patients who are suffering from a life-threatening coronavirus infection. This plasma, called “convalescent plasma,” is being evaluated as a treatment for very ill patients with COVID-19, according to UConn Health. UConn Health said it previously launched a program that…

Using methods developed by the Mayo Clinic, UConn Health officials are hopeful antibodies developed by recovered patients could help others survive.

Using protocol developed by the Mayo Clinic, blood plasma of recovered COVID-19 patients will be collected by the American Red Cross. It will be processed, then turned over to UConn Health where it will be administered to UConn Health patients

UConn First Responders and Jonathan the Husky celebrated the healthcare workers at UConn Health today.

The Connecticut National Guard will be setting up additional surge capacity hospital beds at UConn Health on Monday amid the coronavirus pandemic. The National Guard plans to assist UConn Health with setting up 136 surge capacity hospital beds in the Connecticut Tower. The beds would help prepare for a potential increase in coronavirus patients as the pandemic continues. The National…

As parts of Connecticut prepare for a surge in the number of COVID-19 cases, the state’s National Guard is working to transform the Connecticut Convention Center into a COVID-19 recovery center.

A UConn Health physician was charged with breach of peace after witnesses said he intentionally coughed on two other employees at the health center, a company spokesperson confirmed. UConn Health said Dr. Cory Edgar was issued the misdemeanor breach of peace summons Thursday morning. Witnesses and medical workers reported that they believed he was purposely disregarding space and safety concerns…

UConn Health is ramping up its efforts to help detect the coronavirus by offering drive-thru sampling for COVID19. The health organization is looking to help with the demand of COVID-19 testing by offering to collect samples from those who believe they have symptoms of the disease, and who have a prescription from their doctor. UConn Health is strongly encouraging patients…

UConn Health is now offering drive thru testing to help state efforts to ramp up coronavirus testing, however there are some requirements to know about.

UConn Health has begun testing for coronavirus.

Gov. Ned Lamont said we’re in this fight against the coronavirus together and he called bio and life science companies, like Jackson Laboratory, the quarterbacks of the team. “I know what this means in terms of working to increase our ability to test dramatically,” said Lamont. Connecticut’s governor said testing for COVID-19 is already 10 times what it was...

A patient at UConn Health has tested positive for coronavirus, according to the hospital. The man from Hartford is in his 50s and was identified as a possible case when he arrived at the hospital, a UConn Health spokesperson said. The man was discharged with instructions for him and his family to quarantine. “This patient ended up going home after…

A patient at UConn Health has tested positive for coronavirus, according to the hospital.

Dr. Albert Ko is an epidemiologist at Yale and an internationally known expert on pandemics, answers questions about the novel coronavirus.

A water main break on Route 4 in Farmington is causing some UConn Health Farmington outpatient visits, surgeries and procedures to be postponed. There is also a 2-hour school delay in town.