HARTFORD, CT — On April 1, Gov. Ned Lamont shared the news that a 6-week-old baby from the Hartford area died from the new coronavirus. When Lamont made the announcement he said the baby is believed to be the youngest coronavirus victim in the country. "This is absolutely heartbreaking," Lamont said at a news conference…
A Hartford baby who died in late March and who was initially called the youngest COVID death in the country by Gov. Ned Lamont, died from unexplained causes, the chief state’s medical examiner’s office announced late Friday afternoon. Lung tissue from the 6½-week-old infant tested by the CDC confirmed a COVID-19 infection, but Chief State’s…
A 6 and a half week-old baby from Hartford whose death was reported to be related to the coronavirus was infected with the virus, but the cause of death was determined to be Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SIDS), the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) confirmed Friday. Infants sometimes die of unexplained causes…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…