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Three weeks ago, several Yale New Haven Health employees were the first in the system to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. Since then, 16,000 health system employees and affiliated staff have been vaccinated. “We’re not holding anything back. whatever we get we vaccinate,” said Dr. Ohm Desphande, the executive director for Yale New Haven Health clinical operations. At a news…

As millions of doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine arrive across the country, different health care systems are beginning to initiate their plans to distribute the vaccines to their networks. The wheels are spinning for Yale-New Haven Health officials to get the newly FDA approved vaccines safely to their destinations. “Our pharmacy is the one doing that allocation and has...

Yale New Haven Health employees, including some who helped work on the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, recevied their first vaccination shots on Tuesday.

Two thousand doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine are on the way to Yale New Haven Health from Michigan. The hospital system’s chief clinical officer Dr. Thomas Balcezak said a FedEx tracker shows the shipment will arrive Tuesday and staff will begin vaccinations Tuesday and Wednesday. “We believe we’re well on our way towards getting all of our staff and...

Connecticut’s major health care groups have a plan in place to distribute the COVID-19 vaccine to facilities across the state.

The City of New Haven said it will rely on both the Pfizer and the Moderna COVID-19 vaccines to help carry out its vaccination plan.

Health leaders call it a herculean task: rolling out a COVID-19 vaccine and building people’s confidence in it. In response, Trinity Health of New England is teaming up with Yale New Haven Health and Nuvance Health to help people learn about COVID-19 vaccines. Medical experts are looking at doing lots of outreach especially to at-risk people and vulnerable groups....

Three of Connecticut’s largest health systems are teaming up on a campaign to educate the pubic about the coronavirus vaccine. Trinity Health of New England, Yale New Haven Health and Nuvance Health will work together to offer information about the vaccine, specifically focusing on at-risk residents and vulnerable populations. Clinical teams including infectious disease specialists, nursing staffs and laboratory...

British officials are investigating reports that two people who received the Pfizer vaccine had allergic reactions. Medical experts say that while reactions are rare, they aren’t unheard of for vaccines of any kind and are usually short-lived.

Today, the United Kingdom became the first country to grant approval for the distribution of Pfizer and BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. The decision comes just one day after the CDC voted to recommend health care workers and long-term care residents receive the vaccine once approved by the FDA. As the country waits for the Food and Drug Administration to approve Pfizer…

Some Connecticut hospitals are just one to two weeks away from reaching capacity due to a surge in COVID-19 patients. That’s the message from one Connecticut doctor, who along with his colleagues, is urging the state to start shutting down again. “We will soon fill up all our hospital floor beds within 7-14 days, which will require our surgical...

A group of doctors sent a letter to Gov. Ned Lamont asking him to consider rolling back to a shutdown of gyms and restaurants as hospitals near capacity amid rising coronavirus cases.

The day before and after Thanksgiving could be busy for testing sites around the state. The rush to get a COVID-19 test comes as many people plan on attending small family gatherings on Thanksgiving. UConn Health is working to keep up with that rush. “Hospitals and testing sites throughout the state are being pushed and we’re working here at...

Yale New Haven Health is starting off their new fiscal year facing rising COVID-19 cases and a $120 million shortfall from last year. They say it’s due to fewer elective surgeries that bring in profits and a refusal to lay people off. “We elected to not only to not lay off any employees, but to keep everyone employed and to…

The Yale New Haven Health system has seen a significant increase in the number of COVI-19 patients over the last two weeks.

With welcoming colors, an abundance of natural light, and a touch of New Haven art, a new joint primary care facility is ready to host new patients with love. “When patients come here, our sincerest hope is they feel that, they see that, and that this is a place they can call their healthcare home,” said Cynthia Sparer, SVP of…

The facility offers women’s services, adult primary care, and more.

Yale New Haven Health said Tuesday it is seeing an increase in patients hospitalized for coronavirus in some of its facilities.

Streets around the country continue to fill with marches, rallies, and protests two and a half weeks after the death of George Floyd, and some experts say protesters could be at risk for contracting COVID-19. “Anything has the possibility to be a super-spreading event,” said Dr. Thomas Balcezak, EVP and Chief Clinical Officer, Yale New Haven Health On an update…