Health care
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PublishedNovember 1, 2021
Augusta-based MaineGeneral loses 191 employees, about 4% of workforce, over COVID vaccine mandate
The staffing disclosure came following last week's deadline for the state's health care workers to be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus.
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PublishedNovember 1, 2021
MaineHealth receives $1.5 million to help study long-term COVID-19 effects
The study is designed to determine why some people suffer prolonged symptoms or develop new or returning symptoms.
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PublishedOctober 31, 2021
FDA delays decision on Moderna coronavirus vaccine for adolescents to evaluate myocarditis risk
Moderna said in a news release that the FDA indicated it will take until at least January to complete the review of its application for use in 12- to 17-year- olds.
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PublishedOctober 29, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court denies appeal to block Maine’s vaccine mandate
The state's requirement for health care workers, which took effect Friday, clears a significant legal hurdle in the first appeal of a statewide mandate to reach the Supreme Court.
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PublishedOctober 29, 2021
FDA clears the way for Pfizer COVID-19 vaccinations for children ages 5-11
On Tuesday, advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will make more detailed recommendations on which youngsters should get vaccinated, with a final decision by the agency’s director expected shortly afterward.
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PublishedOctober 29, 2021
U.S. intelligence agencies don’t expect to determine origins of COVID-19
A White House-ordered review does, however, say that analysts do not believe the virus was developed as a bioweapon and that most agencies conclude it was not genetically engineered.
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PublishedOctober 29, 2021
Pace of vaccinations in Maine reaches its highest level since May
Some of the increase is attributable to booster doses, but Maine's CDC director says that roughly two-thirds of recent doses have been given to people who had not yet been fully vaccinated.
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PublishedOctober 28, 2021
Vaccine reluctance in Eastern Europe leads to painful COVID-19 cost
Russia on Thursday recorded its largest daily toll since the pandemic began and the Kremlin ordered people not to go to work until Nov. 7.
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PublishedOctober 28, 2021
Facebook knew, but didn’t tell, how COVID misinformation was being spread, documents show
Documents underline just how extensively Facebook was studying coronavirus and vaccine misinformation on its platform as the virus tore across the world, unearthing findings that concerned its own employees.
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PublishedOctober 27, 2021
Maine remains a hot spot for COVID-19 – and the explanations vary
New transmission remains high across many parts of Maine and other northern New England states.
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