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For three months, Connecticut gyms were closed and people spent more time inside their homes, with “quarantine baking” a popular pandemic pastime. Sales of candy, carbohydrate-rich foods and alcohol soared since stay-at-home orders were issued at the onset of the COVID-19 outbreak. While many people joke about putting on the [...]
As the COVID-19 pandemic rages elsewhere in the country, Hartford HealthCare reached a milestone by hitting the 100,000-test mark, a feat officials say has helped keep Connecticut’s infection rate at less than 1 percent. “Testing is absolutely vital to containment,” said Hartford HealthCare President and CEO Jeff Flaks. “We will [...]
Cases of a stress-related medical condition commonly known as broken heart syndrome that produces the same symptoms as a heart attack have doubled since the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a Cleveland Clinic study published July 9 in the medical journal JAMA Network Open. The patients in the study at two [...]
COVID-19 has redefined risky behavior. So how do we know what’s more risky: getting a haircut, eating inside a restaurant, traveling by plane or shaking someone’s hand? Trick question. They’re equally risky to our health, according to a new risk-assessment chart produced by the Texas Medical Association COVID-19 Task Force and [...]
A restaurant, hotel, hair salon or any other business violating Connecticut’s safety rules as the state reopens during COVID-19 threatens the health of your community. If you see a violation, fill out a Reopen CT Online Complaint Form (click here). The electronic form is considered public information, but you can [...]
Only New York showed more COVID-19 infections than Connecticut through early May, according to a report that also revealed the number of people infected by the virus is actually about six times more than the number reported by the state. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) studied antibody [...]
Hartford HealthCare Media Briefing – Wednesday June 17, 2020 · Hartford HealthCare COVID- 19 Update · Q&A as the Second Phase of the State Re-opens Speakers: Keith Grant, Director Infection Prevention, Hartford HealthCare Henry Anyimadu, MD, Infectious Diseases Consultant, The Hospital of Central Connecticut
Hartford HealthCare Media Briefing – Tuesday June 16, 2020 · Hartford HealthCare COVID- 19 Update o Q&A as the second phase of the State re-opens · Drive-Through Testing · COVID-19 Impact on Wound Care Treatment Speakers: Keith Grant, Director Infection Prevention, Hartford HealthCare Stephen Donahue, Respiratory Therapist, Hartford Hospital Dr. Zeb Ali, MD, System Medical Director Advanced Wound and Hyperbaric Medicine, Hartford Healthcare
Hartford HealthCare Media Briefing – Monday June 15, 2020 · Hartford HealthCare COVID- 19 Update · Defining and Discussing ‘Unconscious Bias’ Speakers: Keith Grant, Director Infection Prevention, Hartford HealthCare Mui Mui Hin-McCormick MS, LMFT, Clinical Director, Adult Residential Services, Rushford, Hartford HealthCare
Hartford HealthCare Media Briefing – Wednesday June 10, 2020 · The Vision of Innovation and COVID-19 · Hartford HealthCare’s Long-Standing Partnership with MIT · Crisis Innovation Speakers: Jeffrey A. Flaks, President and CEO, Hartford HealthCare Barry Stein, MD, Chief of Clinical Innovation, Hartford HealthCare Fiona Murray, Associate Dean of Innovation at the MIT Sloan School of Management, Co-Director of the MIT Innovation Initiative
Hartford HealthCare Media Briefing – Thursday June 11, 2020 · Hartford HealthCare Update · Overview of Hartford HealthCare Research and Studies Related to COVID-19 · GI Cancer Diagnosis – Decrease in Numbers Affected by COVID-19 Speakers: Keith Grant, APRN, Director, Infection Prevention, Hartford HealthCare Rocco Orlando, MD, Chief of Academic Affairs, Hartford HealthCare Jeffry Nestler, MD, Chief, Gastroenterology, Hartford Hospital
Hartford HealthCare Media Briefing – Tuesday June 9, 2020 · Hartford HealthCare Update · Special Surgical Masks to Support Effective Communication and Human Interactions Speakers: Ajay Kumar, Chief Clinical Officer, Hartford HealthCare Ariel Pino, Manager, Guest Services, Hartford Hospital
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