December 2021
December 2021
Bridgeport hospitals scramble to meet COVID testing demand By Bill Cummings, CT Post (12/28/21) https://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Bridgeport-hospitals-scramble-to-meet-COVID-16734367.php?t=f16950aee8&src=rdctpdensecp> |
City Prepares To Distribute 60,000 Rapid At-Home Covid Tests By Staff, New Haven Independent (12/28/21) https://www.newhavenindependent.org/article/city_prepares_to_distribute_60_000_rapid_at_home_covid_tests |
Connecticut COVID deaths rise sharply as positivity surges past 9%, data shows By Nicholas Rondinone, Hearst CT Media (12/24/21) https://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Heading-into-holidays-COVID-cases-surge-in-16725616.php?src=rdctpdensecp |
Got your booster? The awkward holiday party rules of COVID’s second Christmas By Dan Haar, Hearst CT Media/Milford Mirror (12/20/21) https://www.milfordmirror.com/columnist/article/Dan-Haar-Got-your-booster-The-awkward-holiday-16711913.php?t=945393bed3 |
Ansonia basketball coach, stepdaughter prove cancer picked the wrong girls By Jeff Jacobs, Hearst CT Media/The Hour (12/20/21) https://www.thehour.com/gametimect/article/Jeff-Jacobs-Ansonia-basketball-coach-16712768.php?t=541514dd19&src=nwkhpauthors |
New report highlights the health of Connecticut’s hospitals By Phil Hall, Westfair Online (12/19/21) https://westfaironline.com/143528/new-report-highlights-the-health-of-connecticuts-hospitals/ |
Fairfield Christmas Tree Festival Makes Final Contribution to REACH Program By Jacqueline Keren, Fairfield HamletHub (12/16/21) https://news.hamlethub.com/fairfield/charities/50634-fairfield-christmas-tree-festival-makes-final-contribution-to-reach-program |
Brookfield Police Department donates thousands of toys to Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital By Ken Houston, WTNH News 8 (12/16/21) https://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Hospitalizations-hit-new-recent-high-as-CT-COVID-16704819.php?src=rdctpdensecp |
Local medical experts share expectations, concerns about omicron variant By Staff Reports, WTNH News 8 (12/16/21) https://www.wtnh.com/news/health/coronavirus/local-medical-experts-share-expectations-concerns-about-omicron-variant/ |
Faith’s Toy Drive delivers more than 5,000 toys to Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital By Staff Reports, WFSB (12/14/21) https://www.wfsb.com/news/faiths-toy-drive-delivers-more-than-5-000-toys-to-yale-new-haven-childrens-hospital/article_f838970a-5d05-11ec-b7f5-5b8fc1fa5a52.html |
Former patient donates more than 5,000 toys to Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital By Staff Reports, News 12 Connecticut (12/14/21) https://longisland.news12.com/family-collects-toys-to-donate-to-yale-new-haven-childrens-hospital |
Thousands of Toys Donated During Faith’s Toy Drive at Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital By Staff Reports, NBC CT (12/14/21) https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/thousands-of-toys-donated-during-faiths-toy-drive-at-yale-new-haven-childrens-hospital/2672052/ |
Daily coronavirus updates: COVID-19 hospitalizations jump significantly; Weekly test positivity at 5.2% By Eliza Fawcett, Hartford Courant (12/14/21) https://www.courant.com/coronavirus/hc-news-coronavirus-daily-updates-12132021-20211213-bt33pqbeubhavaxcvqgqzo5oni-story.html |
The New Normal: Is enough being done to vaccinate the unvaccinated? By Elizabeth Hashagen, News 12 Connecticut (12/13/21) See attached clip. No hard copy. |
Celebration of Trees returns to Bridgeport Hospital Milford campus By Saul Flores, CT Post (12/9/21) https://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Celebration-of-Trees-returns-to-Bridgeport-16688322.php5 |
As COVID patients surge, are Connecticut hospitals ready? By Nicholas Rondinone, Hearst CT Media (12/8/21) https://www.thehour.com/news/article/Lamont-After-surge-COVID-positivity-rate-dips-16685270.php |
Local doctor discusses COVID-19 surge in Connecticut (Video Only) By Staff Reports, Fox 61 News (12/8/21) https://www.fox61.com/video/news/health/coronavirus/local-doctor-discusses-covid-19-surge-in-connecticut/520-37df7913-e791-4602-9817-5d9d579ad642 |
Local hospitals continue to monitor capacity as COVID cases rise By Kevin Hogan, WFSB (12/7/21) https://www.wfsb.com/news/local-hospitals-continue-to-monitor-capacity-as-covid-cases-rise/article_5a9ed250-57ad-11ec-8e36-4f842eafd8e5.html |
CT’s COVID positivity rate tops 8% as 2nd case of omicron variant is recorded By Jenna Carlesso, CT Mirror (12/7/21) https://ctmirror.org/2021/12/07/cts-covid-positivity-rate-tops-8-as-2nd-case-of-omicron-variant-is-recorded/ |
Lamont: ‘Be careful’ as omicron variant surfaces in CT By Nicholas Rondinone, Hearst CT Media/CT Post (12/6/21) https://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Lamont-Be-careful-as-omicron-variant-16676540.php?src=rdctpdensecp |
Everything You need to know about the COVID vaccine for Kids 5-11 By Angelique Serrano, Romper.com (12/5/21) https://www.romper.com/life/covid-vaccines-kids-under-12-dosage-side-effects |
With flu returning and COVID cases rising, could Connecticut see ‘twindemic’ this winter? By Jordan Fenster, Hearst CT Media/CT Post (12/2/21) https://www.ctinsider.com/news/article/With-flu-returning-and-COVID-cases-rising-could-16668741.php |
Experts warn of COVID ‘winter wave’ as CT positivity rate highest since January By Jordan Fenster, Hearst CT Media/CT Insider (12/2/21) https://www.ctinsider.com/news/article/COVID-positivity-rate-nearly-hits-6-for-first-16663126.php |
COVID boosters in CT: where to go and what to know By Adriana Morga, Hearst CT Media/CT Post (12/1/21) https://www.ctpost.com/news/article/covid-booster-shots-connecticut-16663593.php?src=rdctpdensecp |
Yale New Haven Health Check: Common Digestive Diseases By Natasha Lubczenko, WTNH (12/1/21) |