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Published
October 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.
Published
October 28, 2021

RSU 4 School Board chairman ends meeting after man refuses to wear mask

The meeting became increasingly tense as attendees heckled the chairman, who declined to start the meeting.
Published
October 27, 2021

Report: At least 59,000 meat workers caught COVID last year, and 269 died

The new estimate of infections in the meatpacking industry is nearly three times higher than the number the United Food and Commercial Workers Union has said were infected.
Published
October 27, 2021

Exacerbated by pandemic, child care crisis hampers economy

The absence of reliable and affordable child care limits the jobs people can accept, makes it harder to climb the corporate ladder and ultimately restricts the ability of the broader economy to grow.
Published
October 26, 2021

Enforcement of indoor vaccine mandates varies in U.S.

Some are afraid of losing business; some say they don’t have enough staff; some object on principle.

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Published
October 26, 2021

Somerset County officials work to contain COVID-19 outbreak at county jail

State health officials said Tuesday there were seven cases at the jail, but the sheriff later said 14 people were infected.
Published
October 26, 2021

FDA advisers back Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5-11

The panel votes that the benefits outweigh any potential risks.
Published
October 26, 2021

Election ‘distracted’ Trump team from pandemic response, former official Birx tells Congress

More than 130,000 American lives could have been saved with swifter action and better coordinated public health messages after the virus' first wave, Deborah Birx told lawmakers.
Published
October 26, 2021

About 1,500 patients waiting for elective surgeries in Portland as COVID cases strain hospitals

Leaders of Maine's largest hospital system plead with the public to get vaccinated as hospitals and intensive care units fill with COVID-19 patients.
Published
October 26, 2021

Facebook moved slowly as anti-vaccine comments swarmed users

Critics say the tech giant was slow to take action over worries it might affect the company’s profits.