While distracted driving enforcement is heightened during targeted campaigns like one launching this week, a Newtown traffic safety scientist believes Connecticut and the nation will have to ratchet up enforcement as he worries behaviors like texting while driving may be getting worse.

Locally, Newtown’s Health District Director Donna Culbert is echoing some of the same sentiments Dr Anthony Fauci, America’s leading epidemiologist, said about much of Connecticut as the state weathered its first full week of August dealing with a devastating tropical storm and the ongoing pandemic.

The American Red Cross, along with a multitude of other national organizations and government agencies, has updated its annual materials regarding the protection of life and property during a hurricane to reflect the likely presence of COVID-19 in the mix. Find out how to best protect your property and loved ones.

State and local officials expressed concern with recent COVID-19 outbreak clusters among teens and young adults in Connecticut as statistics from Connecticut and elsewhere show that 18- to 29-year-olds represent substantial numbers of new COVID-19 infections in recent weeks.

As the coronavirus pandemic slows across the hard-hit Northeast, public health officials in the region, including Newtown’s Health District director, are warning about another potentially bad summer for EEE — Eastern Equine Encephalitis. Find out why.

Newtown’s Health District Director Donna Culbert and a number of her colleagues across the state are increasingly busy fielding inquiries about the

Connecticut’s State Public Health Laboratory has uncovered a flaw in one of the testing systems it uses to test for the virus that causes COVID-19 that has led to 90 of 144 people tested during June 15–July 17 receiving a false positive COVID test report.

As Newtown and Connecticut tallies of new COVID-19 cases and losses continued edging upward, state officials added more states to a national travel advisory and requested the National Guard’s coronavirus support regiment to remain on duty through at least December.