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After years of COVID-19 related learning disruptions, federal officials hope summer learning programs can help kids catch up. First lady Jill Biden visited a New Haven summer program on Wednesday with U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona to kick off their multistate summer learning tour.
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As new state funding comes online, a survey of 200 providers finds that staffing shortages closed classrooms and reduced enrollment.
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BA.5 is now the dominant omicron strain in the U.S. It's good at evading the immune system, though doesn't appear to cause more serious illness.
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Researchers study rates of infection and transmission among animals to mathematically model a potential timeline and trajectory for the COVID-19 pandemic.
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After federal authorization over the weekend, vaccines made by Pfizer and Moderna have been cleared for children between 6 months and 5 years old. Most vaccinations in Connecticut began Tuesday.
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After an initial rollout that saw delays and thousands of backlogged applications in the state’s new paid family and medical leave program, officials now say they’ve made the changes necessary to get the program back on track.
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Two local attorneys say the system has been re-imprisoning many of those people who were previously released.
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The COVID-19 pandemic interrupted various services for children, and that has sparked concerns about their long-term social and emotional well-being.
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From 2019 to 2021, the number of child care workers in Connecticut dropped 28 percent compared to the previous three years, according to federal statistics.
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Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle's decision hinged on a definition of the word 'sanitation' that public health experts and legal scholars say missed the mark.