by | Mar 17, 2022 1:29 pm | Comments (0)
The following release was sent in by Michelle’s House.
Michelle’s House is scheduling appointments for screenings for the Sickle Cell Trait (SCT), supported by genetic counseling, effective immediately.
by | Mar 17, 2022 9:55 am | Comments (2)
The latest analysis of New Haven area wastewaster shows Covid-19 cases trending a bit upwards after a steep decline, but still 45 times lower than during the recent Omicron-driven peak.
by | Mar 16, 2022 12:35 pm | Comments (2)
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A Covid test at former Murphy clinic in Day Street park.
A federal judge has thrown out six of eight counts in a Covid-test-reimbursement lawsuit filed by Dr. Murphy (pictured) against Cigna.
Doctors can’t sue insurers under the CARES Act for withholding Covid-test reimbursements, a federal judge ruled — as part of a broader order that dismissed much of a lawsuit filed by pandemic “profiteer” Dr. Steven Murphy against the insurance giant Cigna.
by | Mar 15, 2022 9:03 am | Comments (3)
While the district searches for a new leader to run Hillhouse High School, retired principal Peggy Moore will temporarily take over.
Continue reading ‘Hillhouse Gets An Interim Principal; Pandemic-Related Labor Agreements OK'd’
by | Mar 11, 2022 3:52 pm | Comments (1)
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The Power In A Shower van.
Two days after losing her housing, DeeDee DeStefano found a place to wash off right in the Fair Haven neighborhood where she spends most of her time — thanks to a mobile van newly contracted by the city to provide showers, along with wraparound services, to unsheltered New Haveners.
by | Mar 9, 2022 10:06 am | Comments (44)
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12-year-old Sarah and friend Sloan at "Unmask our kids" rally.
Hamden Public Schools will lift their mask mandate on March 21.
That was the straightforward outcome of a rowdy three-hour meeting that began with a precautionary police presence, proceeded with raspberry-and-shouting arguments over race and politics and bullying, and concluded with cries of “Abuse of power!”
Continue reading ‘Culture War Comes To Hamden, As School Board Votes To Lift Mask Mandate’
by | Mar 8, 2022 4:13 pm | Comments (22)
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Catherine John: Let's talk about it.
New Haven social-justice activist Catherine “CJ” John is on a crusade to eliminate “period poverty” in Connecticut.
Continue reading ‘Support Rallied For Menstrual Products Bill’
by | Mar 8, 2022 3:42 pm | Comments (6)
After years of outsourcing abandoned and abused pets to North Haven, Hamden is exploring joining forces with New Haven to establish a regional animal shelter.
Continue reading ‘Hamden Animal Shelter Site Proposed — In New Haven’
by | Mar 8, 2022 3:36 pm | Comments (2)
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YNHH top doc Thomas Balcezak on Tuesday.
Covid cases continue to drop precipitously, as Yale New Haven Health has only 58 patients hospitalized with the novel coronavirus in all seven locations in Connecticut and Rhode Island — down from an Omicron-wave high of 767.
by | Mar 7, 2022 3:53 pm | Comments (15)
Chris Murphy and Saad Omer Monday at Yale med school roundtable.
U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy is looking for Congress to allocate $45 million toward public health communication efforts — funding that local pandemic experts said is sorely needed to fight a web of anti-vax and anti-mask conspiracy theories.
Continue reading ‘Murphy, Public Health Crew Seek To Combat Health Misniformation’
by | Mar 7, 2022 2:52 pm | Comments (13)
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Ethel Berger, Jeanette Sykes, and Robyn Porter divvy up streets.
Sadie Flowers has seen her block of Hazel Street address crime and grow more peaceful as community connections tightened.
“We don’t want to go back,” Flowers, who has lived on the street for 35 years, said as she signed a petition against the APT Foundation’s plans to move offices and a methadone clinic nearby on Dixwell Avenue.
Continue reading ‘Petitioners Hit Doors To Fight APT Clinic’
by | Mar 3, 2022 4:24 pm | Comments (2)
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Governor Ned Lamont.
In a bright hallway of the recently abated Catholic Charities Child Development Center, Gov. Ned Lamont gathered with city leaders Thursday to urge the state legislature to bring statewide lead enforcement standards up to New Haven’s level.
Continue reading ‘Gov Urges State To Follow New Haven's Lead On Lead’
by | Mar 2, 2022 2:44 pm | Comments (0)
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SCDAA CT/Michelle's House President and CEO James Rawlings with Board Chair Sharon Jones at poster unveiling.
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by and | Mar 1, 2022 9:08 am | Comments (16)
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Anti-mask protesters crowd outside the BOE Monday night.
While most Connecticut schools drop mask mandates, New Haven’s and Hamden’s boards of education Monday night voted to keep their policies in place.
by | Feb 25, 2022 3:43 pm | Comments (25)
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Maritza Bond: Numbers look good.
New Haveners can see each other smile inside a store or office again without breaking the law starting on March 7, as city officials announced an upcoming partial end to an indoor mask mandate.
by | Feb 24, 2022 5:45 pm | Comments (4)
Two incarcerated individuals died and one correctional officer was revived with Narcan Thursday after suspected fentanyl overdoses at the Whalley Avenue jail.
Continue reading ‘2 Dead After Suspected Fentanyl Overdoses At Whalley Jail’
by | Feb 24, 2022 2:26 pm | Comments (1)
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High Bazaar: On hold for now.
Hamden’s “High Bazaars” will most likely be postponed for at least another week while the town establishes a clearer pathway to keep the large-scale cannabis jamborees safe, secure and compliant.
by | Feb 23, 2022 4:52 pm | Comments (17)
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Health Director Bond: Pressed to hire candidate she didn't want.
The city plans to offer the vacant public health nursing director job to a candidate the city’s health director does not think is best for the role — after the Civil Service Commission, in a divided vote, forced the issue.
by | Feb 22, 2022 1:47 pm | Comments (6)
Dalal: Take time to do it right.
The start date for a pilot program of the Elicker Administration’s non-cop emergency response initiative has been pushed back yet again — as the city looks to sign on a subcontractor to train, employ, and supervise social workers and mental-health professionals to respond to certain 911 calls.
by | Feb 19, 2022 10:50 am | Comments (5)
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Hamden's High Bazaar crew inside the Cellar On Treadwell: Saturday's event has been canceled, as announced via Facebook.
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High Bazaar is taking an indefinite hiatus, as the lead organizer of Hamden’s weekly commercial cannabis parties canceled Saturday’s event while he seeks “proper permitting” from town government.
Continue reading ‘Rocker-Stoner Standoff Averted As Organizer Cancels High Bazaar’
by and | Feb 17, 2022 5:20 pm | Comments (11)
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Mayor Elicker (right) with Health Director Bond and social services director Dalal on Thursday.
Only 19 out of 625 people who received mishandled Covid-19 vaccines from New Haven’s health department have returned to the city’s clinic for do-over shots so far, city officials reported Thursday afternoon as they defended their handling of the screw-up.
The update, explanation, and defense took place at a press conference held by the entrance to the city health department at 54 Meadow St.
by | Feb 16, 2022 5:03 pm | Comments (4)
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Attorneys Michael Keane and John Martin, with Dr. Steven Murphy outside federal court Wednesday.
A pandemic “profiteer” — or was it a pandemic hero? — sought justice Wednesday from the greed of cold-hearted faceless insurers … or were they his victims?
Judge Janet Bond Arterton will have to sort all that out after hearing arguments Wednesday involving the latest adventures of Dr. Steven Murphy.
The question at hand: Should doctors — even those criticized as pandemic hustlers — be allowed to sue insurance companies that balk at reimbursing them for the alleged costs of Covid tests?
by | Feb 16, 2022 4:48 pm | Comments (7)
Even as Covid cases drop across the city and state, Yale has seen an “unprecedented number of undergraduates” test positive for the novel coronavirus — largely because of unmasked on- and off-campus parties.
Continue reading ‘Covid Cases Spike At Yale Amid Decline Elsewhere’
by | Feb 15, 2022 10:16 am | Comments (6)
Do-over Central: Outside 54 Meadow St. vax clinic.
Shaquan Browne thought he was fully vaccinated against Covid-19 as he prepared to head back to his home country of Guyana later this week.
Then he got a call from the city health department, letting him know that there was a problem with the last vaccine dose he received — and that he needed to come back to the clinic for another shot in the arm.
by | Feb 14, 2022 1:12 pm | Comments (10)
Bearer of good news: Wastewater analyst Jordan Peccia reporting latest figures Monday on WNHH FM.
New Haven’s Covid-19 rate has by one measure dropped about 96 percent since the height of the Omicron wave and is continuing to fall.
Might it be time to retire mask mandates for now?