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#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…

State Vermund, dean of the Yale School of Public Health, addresses the state beginning to open and the phases of reopening Connecticut.

Of all the heroes to emerge during these difficult times, Yale lacrosse player Konrad Collins did not expect himself to be one of them. The sophomore midfielder was at home quarantining with his family in Oregon when he noticed something outside. “Myself, my mom and my friend Sam were just standing in my kitchen, just chatting when we saw outside…

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is considering new guidance to get some critical employees back to work. The plan would detail how people who were exposed to the coronavirus, but have no symptoms, can return to their jobs. “For the most part, if you’ve had the virus you’re not getting it again. So, someone who’s been infected...

Yale University is planning on making hundreds of beds available to first responders and hospital personnel who are on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic. Officials at Yale said they plan to have 300 beds available by the end of this upcoming week. They also said they have also been working with first responders to make expedited COVID-19 testing in…

The number of coronavirus cases in the state continues to rise as officials try to prepare for a peak.

Employees from both Yale New Haven Hospital and Yale University are rolling up their sleeves in the effort to combat the coronavirus crisis.

Former Yale basketball star Brandon Sherrod, who now plays professionally in Italy, spoke with Kevin Nathan about being in that country as coronovirus spread through the population.

Officials in New Haven have announced its first positive case of the coronavirus in a city resident. New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker and Health Director Maritza Bond announced the case on Saturday. Yale New Haven Hospital has also tested three other non-New Haven residents that have also tested positive for COVID-19, according to Elicker. “We have been notified that one…

A member of the Yale community has tested presumptive positive for coronavirus and another two people are being evaluated. Yale officials said a member of their community tested positive for COVID-19 on a preliminary test. Another community member and a household contact are also undergoing diagnostic evaluations. Officials said they are waiting for the test results for all three people,…

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

State health officials announced 6 additional coronavirus cases in Connecticut Friday, bringing the total to 11.

New Haven mayor Justin Elicker said Friday that a person in New Haven has been asked to self-isolate after being exposed to another person with coronovirus. The person is part of a choir visiting from London and was exposed to someone with COVID-19 in London. The person is not showing any symptoms of coronovirus, Elicker said in a release. “The…

Dr. Virginia Bieluch, Chief of Infectious Diseases at the Hospital of Central Connecticut, answered your coronavirus questions.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends these seven tips to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.

A student from China who became ill while at the Yale Model United Nations conference has tested negative for coronavirus, according to New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker. “We have just received information from the State Department of Public Health that the student participating in the Yale Model United Nations program has tested negative for coronavirus after lab testing with the…

Police are investigating after an 18-year-old was shot at an apartment complex in New Haven on Thursday night.

A major renovation is on the way for the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History’s Great Hall.

The Yale Peabody Museum will be dismantling its famous dinosaur fossils and closing exhibit halls ahead of a massive 3-year renovation project.

It’s the first time in 200 years that there will be commerce on the New Haven Green.