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Frankie & Johnny: Dec. 9, 2022. Topics this week include the legalization of marijuana in Connecticut for recreational use, bivalent COVID-19 vaccines for young children and settlement talks in a lawsuit filed on behalf of a Black man severely injured in police custody.
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A Yale infectious disease expert advises parents to vaccinate their young children against the coronavirus.
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Updated COVID boosters are now available for anyone age 12 or older. The CDC is urging anyone who is eligible to sign up but some vaccine experts say some people might want to wait.
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Frankie & Johnny: September 2, 2022. This is a brief week-in-review update that premieres during All Things Considered on Connecticut Public Radio, Fridays at 4:44 p.m. Topics include federal authorization of COVID-19 vaccines aimed to combat Omicron strains, a civil rights group alleging that the town of Woodbridge violated state fair housing laws, and record temperatures in August.
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Coast Guard Academy officials and a lawyer for several cadets are disputing each other’s accounts of what happened to seven students who were forced to leave the Connecticut campus by Aug. 19, after refusing to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
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Missteps and delays have hampered the U.S. effort to vaccinate people against monkeypox. Now state health officials and community members are trying to adapt to a controversial "dose sparing" plan.
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Some scientists are alarmed that the agency plans to evaluate the next generation of boosters by reviewing mouse studies alone. Others say there's no time to waste waiting for human trials.
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Connecticut has reported at least 69 total monkeypox cases, according to CDC data from Tuesday. While the state has asked the federal government to send more doses of the vaccine, LGBT health advocates point out that vaccines are not the only prevention method the state should focus on.
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"It’s only a matter of time before you do have spillover into other populations," an infectious disease specialist said.
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The UConn Center on Aging will investigate which age-related changes in the immune system reduce people’s responses to the flu vaccine and which next-generation flu vaccines best boost immune responses.