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Published
November 2, 2022

Sen. Rand Paul says U.S. botched COVID. He could soon lead probes of it.

The Kentucky Republican, a fierce critic of the pandemic response, is in line to chair Senate health panel if GOP wins control.
Published
October 28, 2022

Soaring RSV cases raise fears about hospital capacity with COVID rising and flu looming

Public health experts are fretting about a "tri-demic" where RSV, influenza and COVID-19 strain the health care system.
Published
October 28, 2022

Schools prepare for more illness after outbreak at Cape Elizabeth

School districts in southern Maine are focusing on mitigation strategies as federal health officials predict the worst flu season in 13 years.
Published
October 28, 2022

Commentary: What parents can do as RSV spikes among children

This winter we’re facing a triple threat of viral disease.
Published
October 27, 2022

Cape Elizabeth High School closed Friday because of COVID-19 outbreak

The school board voted against a mask mandate, but the closure will allow custodial staff to conduct a deep cleaning of the building.

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Published
October 27, 2022

Senate Republican report argues lab-leak theory is most likely origin of covid

The report sharply diverges from peer-reviewed studies and 'gets the science completely wrong,' says one author. But the move points to what might be investigated in a majority-Republican Congress.
Published
October 26, 2022

Afraid of needles? China using inhalable COVID-19 vaccine

The Chinese city of Shanghai has started administering an inhalable COVID-19 vaccine in what appears to be a world first.
Published
October 26, 2022

Biden officials worry pandemic exhaustion could lead to bad COVID winter

Health officials privately worry about limited funds, worn-out front-line health workers and the dwindling receptivity of many Americans to COVID-19 precautions.
Published
October 24, 2022

Schools got $122 billion to reopen last year. Most has not been used.

School systems throughout the country reported using less than 15% of the latest round of federal education funding allotted to them during the last school year.
Published
October 24, 2022

Maine students’ math and reading scores plummet during pandemic

The first comprehensive look at how the nation's students are faring after two years of pandemic learning shows decades of academic progress erased – in Maine and nationwide.