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Maine and 6 other states announce health partnership to push back on RFK Jr.
The Northeast Public Health Collaborative includes Maine, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, New York state and New York City.
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It may be harder for Mainers to get COVID-19 vaccines this fall
The new restrictions have caused some concern that people who don’t meet the age or disease criteria won’t be able to get the shots as easily.
Trump administration says it will pull back billions in COVID funding from local health departments
“HHS will no longer waste billions of taxpayer dollars responding to a non-existent pandemic that Americans moved on from years ago,” the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said in a statement.
Joe Biden pardons Anthony Fauci and others to guard against potential ‘revenge’ by Trump
His decision lays the groundwork for an even more expansive use of pardons by Donald Trump and future presidents.
Maine is seeing increase in flu and COVID cases
Public health officials are expect a surge in both flu and COVID cases this season.
This year’s Bangor State Fair had its highest attendance since pre-pandemic
The Bangor State Fair has been a mainstay in the community since at least 1849 and is considered one of the oldest state fairs in the country.
Disaster preparedness must be front and center in the presidential campaign
“Now is the time for us to stop the dithering and the finger-pointing and to start reconfiguring ourselves to confront the unknown in a complex environment.”
Government announces more COVID-19 tests can be ordered through mail for no cost
The tests will detect current virus strains and can be ordered ahead of the holiday season when family and friends gather for celebrations.
FDA approves updated COVID-19 vaccines, shots should be available in days
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators approved updated COVID-19 vaccines on Thursday, shots designed to more closely target recent virus strains — and hopefully whatever variants cause trouble this winter, too. With the Food and Drug Administration’s clearance, Pfizer and Moderna are set to begin shipping millions of doses. A third U.S. manufacturer, Novavax, expects its…
Maine is seeing high COVID viral activity levels in wastewater
Maine is among more than two dozen states seeing a summer wave of COVID.
Joe Biden tests positive for COVID-19 while campaigning in Las Vegas
Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Biden will fly to his home in Delaware to self-isolate and continue his duties.
There’s $19M in unclaimed Maine pandemic and energy relief payments
About 40,000 checks, equivalent to nearly 2 percent of the 2.3 million relief payments, remain unclaimed.
Maine high court says EMS Board had authority to impose vaccine mandate
The EMS Board properly acted to ensure the “safe handling and transportation” of patients, including not exposing them to “certain communicable diseases.”
Portland art museum cuts more than dozen jobs due to financial strain from COVID
The Portland Museum of Art has seen a 35 percent decline in attendance since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
Only half of Maine’s nursing home residents have received the new COVID vaccine
That’s down from 90 percent of residents in Maine nursing homes who got a COVID vaccine a year ago.
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