Coronavirus

In Connecticut, 95% of the state's entire population has received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose, 80.1% are fully vaccinated, and 52.9% have a booster shot according to CDC data.

Households in the U.S. will receive eight test kits via the U.S. Postal Service. The release comes as cases have risen over 60% in the U.S. over the past two weeks.

Fewer students are enrolling in Connecticut public pre-kindergarten and kindergarten classrooms. But state education officials said this is a trend that’s been happening since before the pandemic.

The Freddy Fixer parade has been a source of pride in New Haven’s Black community since 1962. But the pandemic posed a serious threat to arts and cultural organizations, stopping public events and pausing traditional fundraisers. And though the nation has slowly reopened, even as COVID positivity rates climb again, organizations like this one are still feeling the financial hangover that has come with two years of dormancy.

Even as COVID-19 case rates balloon in Connecticut and elsewhere, restrictions designed to curb the spread of the virus are more relaxed than ever.

The Democrat says he is experiencing mild symptoms.

Last week, Gov. Ned Lamont tested positive for COVID-19. On Sunday, it was Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz. A spokesman for Bysiewicz said in a statement Monday morning that the lieutenant governor tested positive after a regularly scheduled rapid self- test Sunday. She took a PCR test Monday morning and is awaiting the results.

Restaurants can continue to serve food outdoors for another 13 months, as they work to find ways to both serve customers and be COVID-safe.

Working from home, low interest rates and coming of home buying age have pushed millennials into the housing market. What were some of the pitfalls and who was left out of home buying altogether?

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with acting coordinator for Global COVID-19 Response and Health Security, Mary Beth Goodman, about the U.S. shipping 500 million COVID vaccine doses to more than 100 countries.