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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…

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Yale New Have Health still has hundreds of COVID-19 patients in their hospital rooms across the state

#FitForTheFrontLine is a national fitness challenge created by Mount Sinai Health System to show appreciation for front line workers. Fitness activities can range from dedicating a walk around the block, cycling for 60 minutes, or doing a 30 minute meditation. Just use the hashtag #FitForTheFrontLine on social (Twitter, Instagram) and choose a local hospital below to show your support. Yale…

Yale New Haven Health said its losing more than a million dollars a day without elective surgeries on the books

Yale New Haven Health celebrated the discharge of the 1,500th recovered COVID-19 patient throughout its hospital system on Wednesday afternoon. Charles Moore was discharged from Yale New Haven Hospital at 3 p.m. It was the first time his family members have been able to see him for weeks. Nurses, doctors, therapists, and other hospital staff gathered to watch Moore leave…

As Yale New Haven Health reached an important milestone today, doctors and nurses know they have a long way to go

Yale New Haven Health announced their employees will receive a “COVID-19 Recognition Award” for all the hard work and long hours their staff has put in during the coronavirus pandemic. The award will be 5% of earnings associated with the total hours worked starting the beginning of the calendar year to the beginning of May. “This COVID-19 Recognition Award reflects…

It’s a unique experience to be an ICU nurse at Yale New Haven Health during the COVID-19 pandemic. “It’s hard to put it into words, it’s hard to understand it. No one really gets what we’re going through behind the hospital doors,” said Elisa Gagliardi, a registered nurse in the medical ICU at St. Raphael’s Campus. All of her...

We speak exclusively with several frontline health workers in New Haven about how the coronavirus is changing the way they practice medicine and care for others.

When asked how she’s doing, Amy Luciani answers the question slowly: “I’d say we’re doing okay.” Luciani is a registered respiratory therapist at Yale New Haven Hospital. One day recently, a number of patients needed help all at once. “Normally you don’t have that many that fast, and patients seemed to be deteriorating rapidly and requiring a higher level...

We take a look inside Yale New Haven Hospital to see what the frontline healthcare workers are facing every day.

At least 250 people have been treated and released in the Yale New Haven Health system for coronavirus, and today they discussed a possible treatment method.

As the COVID-19 outbreak grows in Connecticut, nearly 600 patients are hospitalized across the Yale New Haven Health system with 325 in New Haven, according to hospital officials. But hospital leaders said Tuesday there is some progress: 250 patients have been treated and released. “Many, many of these people are getting healthy and able to go home and be productive…

Yale New Haven Health officials say there are 152 COVID-19 patients across their hospitals, and they’ve got plans to make room for more.