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Published
September 5, 2021

Hospitals in crisis in least vaccinated state: Mississippi

Just 38 percent of the state's 3 million people inoculated is driving a surge in cases and hospitalizations that is overwhelming medical workers.
Published
September 4, 2021

Florida grapples with COVID-19’s deadliest phase yet

The disaster is driven by the highly contagious delta variant.
Published
September 4, 2021

Maine CDC reports 491 COVID-19 cases as summer surge intensifies

The seven-day average of new cases reaches 384 after a week where some daily totals exceeded 600.
Published
September 3, 2021

Many health care providers are exempt from Maine’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate

Not covered by the mandate are private physician practices, urgent care clinics and other health care providers not affiliated with a hospital or other facility specified in the emergency rule.
Published
September 3, 2021

Health officials warn booster shots may initially be for Pfizer recipients only

The FDA has only partial data on Moderna and Johnson & Johnson boosters.

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Published
September 3, 2021

Maine to receive $128 million in relief funds for broadband expansion

The allocation, announced Friday, was authorized by the American Rescue Plan Act. Each of Maine’s five Native American tribes also will receive $167,000 for broadband.
Published
September 2, 2021

U.S. hospitals hit with nurse staffing crisis amid COVID

The problem is twofold: Nurses are quitting or retiring, and many are leaving for lucrative temporary jobs with traveling-nurse agencies.
Published
September 2, 2021

Nurses overwhelmed by COVID surge call on Mainers to get vaccinated and wear masks

Health care workers are tired and frustrated as the pandemic carries on, and they're urging the public to get vaccinated and take other precautions.
Published
September 2, 2021

Thousands of Mainers set to lose federal unemployment aid as of Saturday

As many as 22,400 Maine workers could lose benefits when federal programs established in March 2020 under the federal CARES Act expire.
Published
September 2, 2021

Maine allows more time for required vaccinations as new COVID-19 cases nearly double

Enforcement will begin Oct. 29 rather than Oct. 1, to give health care workers more time to get fully vaccinated. Meanwhile, the state reports the most new cases in a day since Jan. 22.