Vaccines

With the flu, RSV and COVID-19 spreading like wildfire in cold winter months, Dr. Dwayne Breining, the executive director at Northwell Health Labs, shares how vaccinations are key to combating a “tripledemic.”

According to state data released this week, about 2% of kindergarten students had not received the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine when immunization records were collected in fall 2020, when most schools were closed due to COVID-19.

U.S. Representative Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut wants Congress to continue to fund research to create a universal flu vaccine that could improve protection against multiple strains of the flu over several years.

Fewer students are going to public colleges in New York this fall.

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed a law to remove religious exemptions to school vaccinations after a contentious debate on Tuesday. One lawmaker…

Connecticut health officials say a second child in Fairfield County has come down with the measles. They say the child had contact with the first child,…

The Connecticut House of Representatives has passed a bill that would eliminate religious exemptions from state immunization requirements for school…

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said the state is working on a plan to distribute a coronavirus vaccine to residents, when the drug becomes available.New…

Senate Democratic lawmakers in Connecticut say outside groups may be funding anti-vaccination activists in the state.The Connecticut General Assembly is…

A key Connecticut legislative committee advanced a bill that would remove religious exemptions for parents who don’t want to vaccinate their children.The…