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Yale University Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith will lead efforts to make sure the government’s coronavirus response is fair and equitable.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will look at two key factors as it decides whether or not to approve Pfizers COVID-19 vaccine: how effective it is in preventing the virus and whether it’s safe. “To date, the Pfizer vaccine has been very well tolerated,” said Doctor Onyema Ogbuagu, who runs Pfizer’s COVID vaccine trial at Yale University. The...

Dr. Onyema Ogbuagu runs Pfizer’s COVID vaccine trial at Yale University. He says it will likely be the middle of next year before there’s enough doses for everyone, even with multiple companies racing to the finish line.

UConn, Sacred Heart, Yale and Quinnipiac are all taking precautions after upticks in COVID-19 cases on campus.

Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith, a professor of internal medicine at Yale, will co-chair President-elect Joe Biden’s COVID-19 task force.

A scathing report from the Trump administration on Tuesday concluded that top U.S. universities have “massively underreported” funding they accept from China, Russia and other nations described as “foreign adversaries.”

Yale Golf Course, which has been called a masterpiece in design, is the top rated college course in the country. “It’s my favorite course in the area,” said Branford’s Alan Forman. “It’s as hard as I was expecting it to be, it’s as beautiful as I was expecting it be,” said Christian Williams, of Coventry. However, the course has...

Dr. Kevan Herold, professor of immunology and internal medicine at Yale University, discusses the impact COVID-19 has on children

There is a new and groundbreaking way to test for COVID-19 and it was developed by a team of scientists in Connecticut. Their work could make testing more accessible and more affordable. Researchers said the saliva-based COVID-19 test developed in the laboratories at the Yale School of Public Health is already being called a potential ‘game-changer’ in the global fight…

Yale researchers say the saliva-based COVID-19 test that they developed in the laboratories is already being called a potential ‘game-changer’ in the world’s fight against the coronavirus.

A Justice Department investigation has found Yale University is illegally discriminating against Asian American and white applicants, in violation of federal civil rights law, officials said Thursday.

The effects of the coronavirus can vary dramatically from person to person. Some may have mild symptoms, while others suffer extreme symptoms and even death. AI therapeutics in Guilford is working on a drug that they say can slow those symptoms at the start. “This is an oral pill that you take, we have five million that we’re making,...

One Connecticut company is working on a drug to slow the progression of COVID-19 in people who are already infected.

Connecticut has joined several other states in a lawsuit over the Trump administration’s plan to force foreign students who will be taking classes online this fall due to the pandemic to leave the U.S.

#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.