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Hartford HealthCare and Yale New Haven Health are teaming up to create a proton therapy cancer treatment center in Wallingford.

With COVID-19 hospitalizations climbing, Yale New Haven says the surge is putting a strain on hospital workers now two years into the pandemic.

The state is taking action to get more boots on the ground to help medical workers, though some think more needs to be done.

As of Monday afternoon, 94 Yale New Haven Health employees are subject to termination for failing to comply with Covid-19 vaccine requirements, health system officials confirmed.

Hundreds of Yale New Haven Health employees face termination if they don’t submit proof of vaccination or exemption before the Oct. 18 deadline. At the end of September, a total of 583 workers across the Yale New Haven health system were not vaccinated. Officials estimate that about 100 to 200 employees won’t comply with the mandate. The consequences started with…

Either get the shot, get an exemption, or get a new job – that’s been the message for months from Yale New Haven Health to its tens of thousands of employees.

Yale New Haven Health says it has 583 workers across the system who are still unvaccinated, and if they don’t get a Covid-19 vaccine by the Oct. 1 deadline, they will face termination.

Yale New Haven Health officials said the personal information of some patients was compromised in an April data breach. Officials said that certain demographic information such as names, addresses, phone numbers, emails, Social Security numbers, treatment locations and preferred languages were included in the Elekta databases impacted by the breach. A small group of people may have had their financial…

After nearly a week, the Smillow Cancer Hospital at Yale New Haven is still dealing with software issues that effect the radiation treatment of cancer patients. Yale New Haven Health officials said Smillow is among nearly 40 hospitals nationwide that have been impacted by a cyberattack. The company that provides the software to run linear accelerators for radiation treatment, Elekta,…

The state has a few different vaccine clinics that are open to residents with no appointments on Sunday. The clinics will be held in Hamden, Meriden, New Haven and Uncasville and are open to Connecticut residents or anyone who works or studies in the state. Hamden Mayor Curt Leng said there will be a walk-up vaccine clinic from 10 a.m….

The Smillow Cancer Hospital at Yale New Haven is reporting software issues that effect the radiation treatment of cancer patients. Officials with Yale New Haven Health said Smillow is among many hospitals nationwide that have been impacted by software issues. The company that provides the software to run linear accelerators for radiation treatment, Elekta, has been having issues since April…

Hundreds of high school and college students received the COVID-19 vaccine this weekend at clinics in Middletown and New Britain.

Officials at Yale New Haven Hospital believe the uptick in younger COVID patients is tied to a lack of vaccination among the younger age groups and the circulating COVID-19 variants.

A year after admitting its first COVID-19 patient, leaders from Yale New Haven Health detailed the next phase of their vaccination efforts.

Saturday marked the first time eligible patients could begin receiving Johnson & Johnson’s one-shot coronavirus vaccine at Mohegan Sun. For the last couple of weeks, patients have been coming to Mohegan Sun to get their shots. The mass vaccination clinic is by appointment only and only available to Connecticut residents. At least 960 patients signed up for an appointment prior…

This week Yale New Haven Health’s vaccination efforts moved from mass clinics to local churches, increasing their reach by going smaller and being flexible. “I don’t think there’s one way to do this,” said Marna Borgstrom, CEO of Yale New Haven Health and Yale New Haven Hospital. “I think you have to try a little bit of everything and...

The first residents in Connecticut to receive the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine got vaccinated on Wednesday.

The Johnson & Johnson single shot COVID-19 vaccine is now in Connecticut. The state is expecting to receive about 39,000 doses this week. Providers started administering the vaccine to people Wednesday morning. “Such a relief!” said Melanie Brannigan-Johnston, a Putnam teacher who was one of the first to receive the J&J vaccine in the state. Day Kimball Healthcare in...

The emergency authorization of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine means that there are now three COVID-19 vaccines in circulation. And the J&J shot differs from the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines in some important ways that may make it a game changer. NBC News medical correspondent Dr. John Torres joined LX News to explain.

Yale New Haven Health COVID-19 vaccine sites are closed on Tuesday after a storm dropped more than a foot of snow in parts of Connecticut on Monday. Anyone who had a COVID-19 vaccination appointment for Tuesday will be contacted by Yale New Haven Health to have it rescheduled, officials said. Most Yale New Haven Health COVID-19 testing sites plan to…