Daily coronavirus updates: New report on health disparities
Hartford Courant June 19, 2020
[Excerpt from Hartford Courant news feature by Emily Brindley, June 19, 2020] [....] In a report released Thursday, New Haven-based nonprofit DataHaven showed that the health disparities made more obvious by COVID-19 have existed since long before the pandemic began.… Read More
Editorial: Need for jobless benefits has not ended
New Haven Register June 19, 2020
[Excerpt from Hearst Connecticut Media Editorial Board masthead, June 19, 2020] [....] Federal estimates show the unemployment rate, which skyrocketed at the start of the pandemic, will remain high at least through the end of the year. Thousands of people in Connecticut will remain in need of serious help to make ends meet, and that is not likely to change in the near term.… Read More
For immediate release -- June 18, 2020 For media: Download this media advisory and an Executive Summary as a PDF: … Read More
Organizers Push to Cancel Rent
New Haven Independent June 6, 2020
[Excerpt from feature article by Thomas Breen, New Haven Independent, June 5, 2020] Local and statewide tenant organizers are turning to a simple, if profound, solution for staving off a pending eviction, foreclosure, and homelessness crisis. Their rallying cry? “Cancel the rent.” Organizers with the Cancel Rent CT movement appeared Thursday on\ WNHH Radio’s “Pandemic Organizing” to talk about the urgent need they see for not just deferring, but outright forgiving renters’ debts for the duration of the Covid-19 crisis.… Read More
Newsletter: DataHaven Informs CT Path Forward, New Health Equity Report, Meet Our Summer Interns
by Mark Abraham May 31, 2020
Subscribe, view past issues, and view the newsletter in its original format at https://mailchi.mp/762128fd56c9/maycovidresponse.… Read More
DataHaven Analysis: Despite statewide improvements, COVID-19 cases remain high in the five largest cities
by Mark Abraham May 20, 2020
Cities also reporting a greater share of deaths outside of nursing homes FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - May 20, 2020 A new analysis by DataHaven suggests that COVID-19 continues to affect the state in disproportionate ways. Growth in new cases has slowed statewide, but the change of pace has been uneven from town to town. … Read More
