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CT Sees Jump In Monkeypox Cases CT Sees Jump In Monkeypox Cases
CT Sees Jump In Monkeypox Cases A total of 11 Connecticut residents have now been diagnosed with monkeypox, the state Department of Public Health has announced.  All 11 patients are between the ages of 20 and 50 and live in Fairfield, New Haven, and Hartford counties, the department said. The majority of the patients have not been hospitalized. “Monkeypox spreads through close prolonged contact with an infected person. This might include coming into contact with skin lesions, or body fluids, sharing clothes or other materials that have been used by an infected person, or inhaling respiratory droplets during prolonge…

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by Kathy Reakes
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COVID-19: FDA OKs First At-Home Diagnostic Test COVID-19: FDA OKs First At-Home Diagnostic Test
Covid-19: FDA OKs First At-Home Diagnostic Test The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized the first at-home novel coronavirus (COVID-19) diagnostic test that will allow people to collect their own samples and mail them to a lab to be tested. The FDA issued the emergency use authorization to the Laboratory Corporation of America (Labcorp) to test samples that are self-collected by patients at home using the company’s COVID-10 Test home collection kit. According to the FDA, the molecular test permits testing of a sample collected from the patient’s nose using a designated self-collection kit that contains nasal swabs and saline.…

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by Zak Failla
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Second Positive COVID-19 Case Confirmed In Connecticut Second Positive COVID-19 Case Confirmed In Connecticut
Second Positive Covid-19 Case Confirmed In Connecticut A second Connecticut resident has tested positive for the novel strain of the coronavirus (COVID-19). The Connecticut Department of Public Health State Laboratory identified a presumptive positive case of COVID-19 involving a second Connecticut resident on Monday, March 9. More information regarding the second positive case will be available after the patient and family have been notified. The patient's place of residence in Connecticut has not yet been released. This brings the total number of positive COVID-19 cases in Connecticut to two.  The first case, reported on Sunday, March …

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by Joe Lombardi