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Hospitals considering COVID-19 vaccination mandates for employees

In a Texas case, a federal judge rejected Houston Methodist Hospital employees’ claim that the hospital’s mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy was unlawful.

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Fourth grade teacher Patty Miceli talks with students after reading

Montville honors fourth grade educator as Teacher of the Year

Ledge Light Health District offers free COVID-19 vaccines in New London, Groton

Ledge Light Health District has partnered with Community Health Center, Inc. to hold a series of pop-up COVID-19 vaccination clinics throughout the summer.

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As pandemic wanes, children's mental health woes overwhelm system

Toll from disruptions in schooling, social interaction only now becoming stark, health providers say.

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The Standard, developers Kody Blake and Eric Goodman's 32,000-square-foot, mixed-use building project on Water St. in Mystic Tuesday, June 8, 2021. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

Setting The Standard in Mystic

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OPINION

Vaccination gimmicks

Published June 7, 2021

What could be a better use of those dollars than saving lives and cutting healthcare costs while protecting the county's economy from a fresh outbreak?

Teamwork made vaccine clinic a success

Published June 7, 2021

Connecticut COVID-19 Numbers

Data sourced from the Office of Governor Ned Lamont. Check here for the latest data.

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Rhode Island scales back COVID-19 testing strategy

Rhode Island is scaling back its COVID-19 testing program as more people get fully vaccinated and the number of new confirmed cases continues to fall

Prison guards seeking hazard pay for work during pandemic

The union representing Connecticut's prison guards is asking lawmakers to allocate up to $500 million in federal COVID-19 funds for hazard pay to be given to those deemed essential workers during the pandemic

Some fear rise in deadly crashes as Connecticut teens hit the road this summer

A perfect storm of conditions may make car travel more dangerous this spring and summer.

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Drug overdoses rise in New Hampshire

As the number of COVID-19 cases have fallen and restrictions have been dropped in New Hampshire, drug overdoses are on the rise in some cities

Connecticut legislature addresses nursing home deficiencies

Some big changes are expected at Connecticut nursing homes in the coming months

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Members of the Norwich Free Academy Class of 2021 sing the alma mater along with the Ambassador singers at the end of commencement exercises Wednesday, June 9, 2021, at Thomas J. Dodd Memorial Stadium in Norwich. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

Festive ballpark atmosphere greets NFA graduates at Dodd Stadium

Graduates during the recessional of the Williams School graduation ceremony Wednesday, June 9, 2021, at the school's athletic complex in Waterford. (Dana Jensen/The Day)

The Williams School celebrates 2021 graduates at new athletic complex

Preston to hold virtual public forum on uses for federal COVID-19 relief school grant

The school district will hold a Zoom and teleconference forum at 6 p.m. Thursday to hear ideas on how to use the $589,000 American Rescue Plan funds.

Public health workers targeting areas with lower COVID-19 vaccination rates

In New London County, Griswold, Sprague and New London have the lowest rates of people who have gotten at least one dose.

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Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett, program director of Family Medicine Residency at Boston Medical Center, Thursday, June 3, 2021. States, such as Massachusetts, with high vaccination rates are reporting plunging COVID-19 cases, multiple days without deaths and health care workers who've gone weeks without treating a patient. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)

New England's success against COVID-19 could be model for others

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Mobile COVID-19 vaccine clinic to be held Monday in Norwich

Uncas Health District will offer either the Moderna or Johnson & Johnson vaccine in a drive-thru clinic Monday.

UConn latest school to make COVID-19 vaccinations mandatory

The University of Connecticut has become the latest school to require that students be vaccinated against COVID-19 before returning to classes in the fall

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The Latest: Confirmed virus cases hit daily high in Moscow

Confirmed COVID-19 cases in Moscow have hit a daily record and increased nearly 30% from the day before

A hiring sign shows in Vernon Hills, Ill., Friday, June 11, 2021. Barely more than a year after the coronavirus caused the steepest economic fall and job losses on record, the speed of the rebound has been so unexpectedly swift that many companies can't fill jobs or acquire enough supplies to meet a pent-up burst of customer demand. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

US jobless claims tick up to 412,000 from a pandemic low

This June 7, 2021, image shows the headquarters of Girl Scouts of New Mexico Trails in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Rebecca Latham, CEO of Girl Scouts of New Mexico Trails, said her council had thousands of boxes left over at the end of the selling season in late spring, even though girls tried innovative selling methods like drive-thru booths and contact-free delivery. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)

Thinner Mints: Girl Scouts have millions of unsold cookies

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FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020, file photo, a vial of the Phase 3 Novavax coronavirus vaccine is seen ready for use in the trial at St. George's University hospital in London. Novavax says its vaccine appears effective against COVID-19 in a large study, including against variants. Results from the study in the U.S. and Mexico were released on Monday, June 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)

Novavax: Large study finds COVID-19 shot about 90% effective

Schools brace for surge of kindergarteners in fall

Districts across the country are hiring kindergarten teachers and preparing summer programs as they brace for a supersized class that will include more children who missed out on preschool and older classmates whose parents decided to wait an extra...

Savannah Police Chief Roy Minter holds a news conference on Saturday, June 12, 2021, in Savannah, Ga. Officials say a 20-year-old was killed by gunfire in a mass shooting that also injured 14 others, including an 18-month-old toddler and a 13-year-old, late Friday at an apartment complex. No suspects have been arrested. (WSAV via AP)

Rash of mass shootings stirs U.S. fears heading into summer

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Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines sit in a refrigerator at a mass-vaccination site at the former Citizens Bank headquarters in Cranston, R.I., Thursday, June 10, 2021. The U.S. is confronted with an ever-growing surplus of COVID-19 vaccines, looming expiration dates and stubbornly lagging demand at a time when the developing world is clamoring for doses to stem a rise in infections. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

U.S. vaccine surplus grows by the day as expiration dates loom

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A customer walks behind a sign at a Nordstrom store seeking employees, Friday, May 21, 2021, in Coral Gables, Fla. The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits dropped last week to 406,000, a new pandemic low and more evidence that the job market is strengthening as the virus wanes and economy further reopens. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

US unemployment claims fall to 376,000, sixth straight drop

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Health workers wait for people seeking shots at a vaccination clinic in Provo, Utah, on June 2. (Photo by Kim Raff for The Washington Post)

Vaccination rates fall off, imperiling Biden's July Fourth goal

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Americans reemerge after pandemic isolation

Published: June 6, 2021 - 12:36 am

Steven Clarke and Stephanie Gregory, in foreground, two-step during a dance lesson at Sagebrush bar in Austin, Texas, on June 3, 2021. (Photo for The Washington Post by Matthew Busch)

American life is roaring back as a slew of states eased or dropped pandemic restrictions in time for Memorial Day weekend and are preparing to lift the few remaining coronavirus control measures, from mask mandates to restaurant capacity limits, in...

CDC director urges parents to vaccinate teens, pointing to increase in severe cases

Published: June 5, 2021 - 1:08 am

Andreea Marian, right, gives a COVID-19 vaccine to Cristian Hernandez, 16, as his mother Gabina Morales, who had her vaccine moments earlier, looks on at a vaccination clinic at PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center Thursday, June 3, 2021, in Bellingham, Wash. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Citing increased hospitalization rates of teenagers with COVID-19 in March and April, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky urged parents to vaccinate their teens to protect them from an illness that can be severe...

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