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1,359 dead in CT: Fatal drug overdoses rose in 2020, with fentanyl a major factor FacebookTwitterEmail 1of5 Tablets believed to be laced with fentanyl are displayed at the Drug Enforcement Administration Northeast Regional Laboratory in New York in this file photo.Don Emmert / AFP via Getty ImagesShow MoreShow Less 2of5 The percentage of fentanyl-involved overdose deaths continued to be a problem in 2020, a Connecticut Department of Public Health report says. Fentanyl-involved overdose deaths increased significantly in 2019 to 82 percent, compared to the previous years of 2015 to 2018. As of ...

After slow start, new push distributes more COVID vaccines to Bridgeport neighborhoods Dave Altimari, CTMirror.org FacebookTwitterEmail Bob Coogan, of Wilton, receives a shot of COVID-19 vaccine from nurse Martine Bristhole at the new vaccination clinic set up in the gymnasium of Central High School, in Bridgeport, Conn. Jan. 20, 2021.Ned Gerard / Hearst Connecticut Media Donville Barrow slowly shuffled into the University of Bridgeport’s Wheeler Recreation Center Tuesday afternoon, aided by the cane in his right hand, to get his COVID-19 vaccine shot. Employees from Bridgeport Hospital ch...

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Laredo children's COVID clinic opening for serious cases Valerie Godines, Laredo Morning Times Feb. 9, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Cigarroa A pediatric cardiologist is offering a children’s COVID-19 clinic in Laredo to treat rare cases of young kids who suffer serious symptoms weeks after a bout with the virus. The clinic, located in Dr. Claire Cigarroa’s office, opens Wednesday and focuses on Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C), which as of now is rare. But Cigarroa wants to spread an education campaign so pediatricians and parents know about the syndrome, which causes c...