COVID-19

Connecticut's COVID-19 positivity rate on Friday was 8.62%. State officials report 405 people hospitalized, a decrease of 74 people over the last seven days.

This hour on Disrupted, we discuss long-term medical conditions, including long COVID. Sonya Huber tells us how she navigates chronic pain. We also learn about the latest research into long COVID.

This hour on The Colin McEnroe Show, an update on the pandemic or the triple-demic or whatever we want to call this ongoing COVID (plus the flu plus RSV) mess at this point.

Comptroller-elect Sean Scanlon says lawmakers only set aside roughly $30 million to give one-time payments to eligible COVID-19 workers.

Connecticut's Commissioner of Public Health Dr. Manisha Juthani shares where the cold and flu season is heading this year, and what families can do to stay healthy for the holidays.

Fifteen unions representing more than 40,000 state employees announced Wednesday that they plan to seek arbitration to secure special pay for workers who faced considerable health risk during the worst of the pandemic.

Democrat comptroller candidate Sean Scanlon says $1,000 grants for essential private-sector workers shouldn’t be reduced.

The CDC’s changes come more than two and a half years after the start of the pandemic. But as a recent episode of The Colin McEnroe Show notes, “There’s still a pandemic going on.”

Some scientists are alarmed that the agency plans to evaluate the next generation of boosters by reviewing mouse studies alone. Others say there's no time to waste waiting for human trials.

Gov. Ned Lamont announced Monday that the state will begin issuing COVID-19 relief grant money to eligible businesses in the hospitality industry this week. The state is giving out a total of $30 million to over 1,700 businesses that reported a drop of at least 15% (but no more than 95%) in revenue in 2021 compared to 2019. Some of the money is coming from the federal American Rescue Plan.