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What you need to know about the CDC’s new COVID-19 booster guidelines 

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are encouraging people to get a new COVID-19 booster shot to protect against new variants.

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Hamden residents at odds with updated covid booster

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved an updated coronavirus booster in early October, however Hamden residents have not been quick to receive their dosages. Hamden residents are able to receive the updated booster vaccination at local pharmacies and health departments including CVS and Quinnipiack Valley Health District. The updated booster, also known as the…

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Scheduling, busing slow high school sports’ rebound from COVID-19

Even though Connecticut was seeing the highest COVID-19 test positivity rates and hospitalizations in months, Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference decision Executive Director Glenn Lungarini announced on Aug. 3 to start fall sports on time because they have more information and data on COVID now. COVID has created challenges for parents, athletes, ticket sales, college recruitment and…

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Pandemic molds accessibility at Quinnipiac

The COVID-19 pandemic affected many aspects of learning, impacting methods of accessibility for students at Quinnipiac University.

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Independent theaters are struggling to stay open during the pandemic

Movie theaters have been reopening at the start of summer 2021 after being closed at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. This caused independent theaters such as Holiday Cinemas in Wallingford, Connecticut, to struggle with selling tickets and popcorn. “I was one of the last people working here when we got the information (pandemic closing…

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Inside how Hamden business owners have been affected by COVID-19 mask mandates

For business owner Dan Jablon, the COVID-19 pandemic struck at the worst possible time.  “I sat dead in the water waiting for when they were going to open me up and I didn’t qualify for any loans because I had no payroll,” said Jablon, owner of Funcle’s Café in Hamden. Jablon’s new business venture is…

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How Connecticut special needs services pulled through an unthinkable COVID-19 pandemic

‘We’re gonna laugh so we don’t cry’: Learning through the pandemic was a challenge. Teaching children with special needs was almost impossible — almost.

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Connecticut students struggle with mental health as pandemic continues

It’s every college student’s daily routine: put on a mask, walk to class and hope to get an education without contracting COVID-19. For Alyssa Murphy, a student pursuing her MBA at Quinnipiac University, this everyday pattern hasn’t been so simple. “I’m just so overwhelmed,” she said. After a year and six months full of fear, isolation…

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Packed bleachers, pink mullets and a pandemic: Inside Cheshire’s recovery from two years without high school football

Cheshire High School senior Andre Nguyen strolled onto the school’s campus shirtless. Pink body paint was smeared across his torso, arms and face. His mullet was caked with pink spray paint, although you could faintly make out the shade of faded blonde underneath it. Though far from the societal definition of “tall,” his demeanor and…

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Mayor Leng lifts Hamden’s indoor mask mandate, remains in public buildings

Hamden removes mask mandate for non-municipal buildings four days before mayoral election