Surrounded by colleagues underneath a tent that protected them from the freezing rain, Dr. Ajay Kumar rolled up his sleeve as a nurse cleaned the upper part of his arm with an antiseptic wipe. “Here we go, number one,” someone shouted.

Some 31,000 doses of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine arrived in Connecticut Monday -- a mere nine months after America and much of the world shut down due to the pandemic. Multiple experts have told us here at Connecticut Public Radio that vaccines usually take years to develop and that a key factor in expediting the novel coronavirus vaccine has been the over 40,000 people worldwide who have volunteered for clinical trials.

At almost 16 years old, Emma Heslin knew very little about any type of diabetes. But then she was diagnosed with Type 1, also known as juvenile diabetes. “You’re like, what is that, what does that mean?” said Heslin, now a 22-year-old registered nurse. “So, you’re not going into it knowing it’s lifelong.”

Hunting and fishing license sales are booming this year across northern New England. In New Hampshire, there’s been an 18% increase in resident hunting licenses since last year. Vermont saw its sales go up 20% . The increase was smaller in Maine, at 9%. Mark Latti, a spokesperson for Maine’s Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, told Vermont Public Radio the state has particularly seen an increase in women hunting this year. That squares with what Erin Merrill is seeing on the ground. She

Some restaurant workers in Connecticut are planning a demonstration in front of the governor’s mansion to protest comments made by a Yale infectious disease specialist at a recent official coronavirus media briefing. Dr. Manisha Juthani said that indoor dining is too risky right now in this time of pandemic.

With the holiday season upon us, and many people sticking closer to home this year, decorating indoors and outdoors is going full tilt in many households. One of the standards for holiday decorating is an evergreen wreath.

After more than nine months of a pandemic that has sickened and killed millions worldwide, the United States is on the verge of obtaining its first federally reviewed COVID-19 vaccine. The Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee, a group of independent scientists and researchers from institutions all over the country, will hold a public meeting today to discuss Pfizer and BioNTech’s vaccine.

Since Joe Biden became the president-elect, we’ve heard a lot about the series of losses the Trump campaign has suffered in court as it scuffles to find a way to keep President Donald Trump in the White House. Less talked about, but perhaps more important, is the Trump White House’s string of losses in court regarding its efforts to neuter the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA.

After decades of burning trash, the Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority (MIRA) will close its Hartford incinerator by July 2022. That means hundreds of thousands of tons of trash will be destined for out-of-state landfills, a costly reality that has state and municipal officials questioning how to quickly reduce trash volumes. One solution? Recycling leftover food.

By a nearly 2-to-1 margin, House Democrats recently tapped Connecticut’s 3rd District congresswoman, Rosa DeLauro, to become the second woman and the first person from Connecticut to chair the powerful U.S. House Appropriations Committee.