by | Dec 31, 2021 12:29 pm | Comments (2)
YNHH Chief Clinical Officer Thomas Balcezak.
As the Omicron variant surges across the region, Yale New Haven Health has seen a fivefold increase in Covid-positive in-patients — primarily among the unvaccinated — leading to clampdowns on the hospital system’s visitation policy and at its testing sites.
by | Dec 30, 2021 10:44 pm | Comments (11)
New Haven is no longer able to hold a mass distribution of at-home rapid Covid tests Friday and Saturday — because the tests aren’t coming.
by | Dec 22, 2021 3:59 pm | Comments (6)
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Mase (in car) finally makes it to front of the line.
James Mase waited for 45 minutes in a line of cars on Long Wharf Wednesday for the chance to spit in a tube — and then find out if the Omicron variant got him.
by | Dec 21, 2021 6:05 pm | Comments (52)
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Health crew departs J Crew en route Tuesday to their next surprise inspection.
Chris Smith completes hot dog sale moments before the bust.
Anthony Keys was “literally cleaning the walk-in” Tuesday at Junzi restaurant, he said, when a team of health inspectors swarmed in — and found him in violation of the city’s Covid-19 indoor mask mandate.
by | Dec 16, 2021 4:05 pm | Comments (2)
Where to get vaccinated in New Haven.
The first case of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 has been detected in New Haven.
by | Dec 15, 2021 4:50 pm | Comments (13)
Wilbur Cross' bottle filler machine: Prototype for what other schools are slated to receive in February.
Amid school-shooting threats and fights in the halls, New Haven Public School (NHPS) students are wrestling with a more prosaic concern these days: They’re thirsty.
Most public schools have no drinking water available because of the pandemic.
by | Dec 15, 2021 10:54 am | Comments (9)
Getting vaccinated on the Green in July.
Covid hospitalizations are on the rise — particularly, overwhelmingly, among the unvaccinated.
And three scenarios currently present themselves for emerging from a pandemic entering its third year.
Continue reading ‘Covid Hospitalizations Surge Among Unvax'd’
by | Dec 10, 2021 2:14 pm | Comments (2)
A Covid-19 outbreak at Barnard Environmental Studies Magnet School has led to the largest quarantine to date at a New Haven public school.
by | Dec 9, 2021 7:00 pm | Comments (9)
People will now be required to wear masks “indoors in any indoor public spaces” in Hamden, in the wake of the first report of someone in town testing positive for the Omicron variant of Covid-19.
by | Dec 7, 2021 3:42 pm | Comments (6)
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State housing court Judge John Cirello.
A housing court judge turned down a landlord’s bid to evict one of his tenants instead of accepting state rental assistance funds designed to keep her in place — ruling that a property owner who has applied to Connecticut’s pandemic-era relief program can’t simply change his mind after the state has already cut a check.
Continue reading ‘Judge Rejects Landlord Bid To Break Rental Aid Contract Under State Program’
by | Dec 7, 2021 3:37 pm | Comments (2)
Connecticut National Guard Major General Francis J. Evon, Jr., Lt. Gov. Bysiewicz, and Gov. Lamont at Tuesday's wreath-laying ceremony.
Connecticut National Guard Sgt. Fatou Toure and Sfc. Tristan Johnson on Tuesday.
Calling on Americans to stand “arm in arm to fight an invisible enemy,” Gov. Ned Lamont commemorated the 80th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attacks by urging a new Greatest Generation to step up for their country in the fight against Covid.
Continue reading ‘Gov Issues Covid Call To Arms At Pearl Harbor Ceremony’
by | Dec 6, 2021 3:37 pm | Comments (0)
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Lois Ricketts get her booster.
by | Nov 24, 2021 3:06 pm | Comments (4)
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Thankful for 90 Thanksgivings, ready for the next 90: Bitsie Clark.
Frances “Bitsie” Clark isn’t thankful for having been confined to two rooms in a senior living facility for the first year of Covid-19. She is thankful for how she was able to roll with it.
by | Nov 24, 2021 1:21 pm | Comments (36)
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Mayor Elicker: Mask mandate will remain in place.
As Covid cases are on the rise across Connecticut and the country, the mayor plans to keep New Haven’s mask mandate in place in a bid to curb transmission.
by | Nov 22, 2021 9:51 am | Comments (1)
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The Cannon.
On Saturday afternoon the New Haven Gooners — the official supporters’ club for Arsenal, a London-based football team — came together at The State House to do what they have done countless times before: watch their beloved team play a match while lifting a few pints and laughing with a few friends.
The event had a purpose far beyond cheering on Arsenal; the fans also raised funds for their future home, The Cannon, a bar, restaurant, and gathering place at 135 Dwight St. that has been trying to open for over a year now and has ties to not only the Gooners, but to New Haven’s arts scene.
Continue reading ‘Soccer Fans Cheer On Arsenal, Bring Cannon Closer To Goal’
by | Nov 18, 2021 1:16 pm | Comments (21)
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YNHH top doc Thomas Balcezak: Vax, masking, testing will be part of our lives for at least another year.
Vaccines, masks, and testing.
Those three layers of protection will problem remain front and center of public life for at least another year, according to a top Yale doctor, as wave after wave of the Covid-19 pandemic continue to crash on the shores of a bygone, pre-pandemic “normal.”
Continue reading ‘Back To Pre-Covid “Normal”? Not Any Time Soon’
by | Nov 15, 2021 9:24 am | Comments (1)
It’s a common refrain – Connecticut is overshadowed by the Boston and New York metro areas. But is our restaurant scene overlooked?
For Scott Dolch, executive director of the Connecticut Restaurant Association, the obvious answer is yes. He joined the WNHH FM’s “Municipal Voice” program, hosted and produced by the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities, to talk about the state of our restaurants and rebuilding after the Covid-19 pandemic.
by | Nov 12, 2021 1:46 pm | Comments (6)
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Pastors J.C Cadwallader, Roger Wilkins, and Timothy Keyl join Elicker and Bond in urging community members to get vaccinated and boosted.
Mayor Justin Elicker, Public Health Director Maritza Bond, and three local faith leaders finished their week with a “boost” — and spread the message that residents should schedule their own shots to help shrink the ongoing spread of Covid-19.
by | Nov 10, 2021 4:31 pm | Comments (21)
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Dorian Bauknecht: 46 years, and counting.
Dorian Bauknecht showed at Marshalls as usual, like she has nearly each weekend for the past 46 years. Unlike either five or forty years ago, she made sure her car doors were locked and her wallet was securely hidden, in fear of robberies that almost never occur in the shopping plaza but that have become hotly discussed throughout town.
Continue reading ‘Shopper Spotted Despite Nextdoor Freakout’
by | Nov 8, 2021 9:02 am | Comments (5)
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Sixth-grader Samantha Braren getting her Covid-19 vaccine.
This story was submitted by Elm City Montessori seventh-graders Lillian Price & Winter Szarabajka.
Elm City Montessori School (ECMS) Friday hosted one of the first Covid-19 vaccine clinics for children between the ages of 5 and 11. Many families with young children showed up from around New Haven, particularly Westville, hoping to receive their first dose of the vaccine.
Continue reading ‘Montessori Clinic Vaccinates 150 5-11 Year-Olds’
by | Nov 3, 2021 1:11 pm | Comments (2)
Parents can now sign up their 5 – 11 year-olds for Covid-19 vaccination shots.
Yale New Haven Health is offering the shots at the Scranton Building at 200 Orchard St.
Caregivers can click here to sign up children who are 5 years older or above.
Continue reading ‘Kids’ Covid Vaccine Shots Available Beginning Thursday’
by | Oct 29, 2021 3:05 pm | Comments (3)
You no longer have to wear masks at any outdoor gatherings in Hamden or in any indoor public space except town facilities.
by | Oct 25, 2021 8:02 am | Comments (1)
Roderick Topping photos
New Haven-based photographer Roderick Topping has been documenting the Elm City throughout the pandemic and before. That work is now being celebrated with a new exhibition at the New Haven Museum called “Strange Times” that, in the first week of its opening, garnered media attention from WTNH, the New Haven Register, and the Yale Daily News. What does it mean that Topping’s photos — which he’s been posting on social media as he takes them — have been collected, and now resonate so strongly?
Continue reading ‘Pandemic Photos Mark A Turn — Or Do They?’
by | Oct 20, 2021 11:14 am | Comments (3)
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Getting jabbed at Wilbur Cross High School in March.
Booster shots are here for some — and coming soon for many more — according to Yale New Haven Health’s (YNHH) latest breakdown of who’s eligible to get their next doses of the Covid-19 vaccine, where they can go to get that jab, and why that extra shot is important.
Continue reading ‘Covid Updates: Boosters Arrive; Hospitalizations Plummet’
by | Oct 18, 2021 3:21 pm | Comments (2)
Yale New Haven Health required 28,000-odd employees to get vaccinated against Covid-19 — and all but 94 heeded the call.
Continue reading ‘As Deadline Passes, Only 94 Yale New Haven Health Employees Remain Unvaccinated’