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As a business reporter, I write about small businesses opening and closing, manufacturing, food and drink, labor issues and economic data. I particularly love writing about the impact of state and federal policy on local businesses. I also do some education reporting, covering colleges in southeastern Connecticut and regional K-12 issues. Erica Moser As a business reporter, I write about small businesses opening and closing, manufacturing, food and drink, labor issues and economic data. I particularly love writing about the impact of state and federal policy on local businesses. I also do som...

The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine significantly inoculated Connecticut nursing home residents after a single dose, according to a new study.

By Michael Greenwood March 15, 2021 Share this with FacebookShare this with TwitterShare this with LinkedInShare this with EmailPrint this (© stock.adobe.com) In what is believed to be the first published study of COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness in long-term care facilities such as nursing homes, a research team co-led by the Yale School of Public Health found a widely used vaccine is highly successful in preventing infections. Residents of such facilities, particularly those in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), have experienced disproportionately high levels of COVID-19–related death and ...

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Nursing Homes, Once Hotspots, Far Outpace U.S. in COVID Declines Matthew Conlen, Sarah Mervosh and Danielle Ivory, New York Times Feb. 25, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail For the first time since the U.S. outbreak began roughly a year ago, the threat inside nursing homes may have finally reached a turning point.Mark Mulligan, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer Throughout the pandemic, there has been perhaps nowhere more dangerous than a nursing home. The coronavirus has raced through some 31,000 long-term care facilities in the United States, killing more than 163,000 residents and employees a...