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Skip to main content Currently Reading I just don t think it s fair : Weston father wonders why Lamont changed directions on COVID vaccine distribution FacebookTwitterEmail Chris Rice and his son, CJ. Rice worries about keeping his family and his son healthy and safe from COVID.Courtesy of Chris Rice All Chris Rice wants to do is protect himself and his family, especially his 6-year-old son CJ, who is in remission from leukemia, from COVID-19. While the Weston father of three knows his young son is at a lower risk from the virus as a child, he’s deeply concerned about its potential future effects on CJ’s health. ....
New guidelines for COVID-19 vaccine welcome surprise in Westport FacebookTwitterEmail A tray of syringes filled with doses of COVID-19 vaccine at the vaccination clinic set up in the gymnasium of the Bigelow Center for Senior Activities, in Fairfield in Jan.Ned Gerard / Hearst Connecticut Media WESTPORT Ellen Johnston was surprised on Monday when she learned she would be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine beginning March 1. “I didn’t think it was probably going to be until May,” said Johnston, the head coach and director of competitive swimming for the Westport Weston Family YMCA. She said she doesn’t expect the vaccine to change her behavior or plans at all. She will still follow all of the state’s COVID guidelines, and coaching doesn’t give her much time for plans outside of the pool. ....
Date Time Renewed funding for national childhood arthritis research centre The UK’s first and only research centre dedicated to testing better and more effective drug treatments for children with arthritis and related conditions has secured a further three years of funding from the charity Versus Arthritis. The Experimental Arthritis Treatment Centre for Children (EATC4Children) is based in Liverpool at Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Liverpool. Since launching in 2014 the EATC4Children has led a wide range of studies including the landmark APTITUDE trial to improve treatment for children with the severe inflammatory eye condition uveitis, and a major programme of translational research into childhood lupus. ....
Children of Regis aged care facility residents who died speak out about culture of neglect ThuThursday 18 updated ThuThursday 18 FebFebruary 2021 at 11:48pm Yvonne Buters has raised concerns about the aged care system and wants to see an overhaul. ( Share Print text only Key points: There had been allegations staff were physically assaulting residents WA Police found no evidence of criminality, but families say there is a culture of neglect It took staff at Regis Nedlands aged care facility five days to check the injury, which developed into a necrotic foot ulcer and saw Henk Niemen die of septicaemia in hospital in February 2017 aged 91. ....
New Canaan has third-lowest per pupil expense in similar districts study Grace Duffield FacebookTwitterEmail New Canaan High School in 2019.Grace Duffield / Hearst Connecticut Media New Canaan prides itself in ranking at the top of the charts when compared to other school districts - except when it comes to per pupil expense. Then, the lower on the chart the better. “Where we may have been 31 or 32 in a few years past here in 2020 we have managed the expenses, I would say quite well, in order to keep our per pupil expenses competitive,” Luizzi told Board of Finance meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 10, during a school budget discussion. ....