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April 12, 2021

Tweaked COVID vaccines in testing aim to fend off variants

The vaccines now being used across the U.S. offer strong protection, but Pfizer and Moderna are testing updates in case the virus eventually outsmarts today’s shots.
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April 12, 2021

Time to party? Events industry still uncertain about COVID

A number of states still have restrictions on gathering sizes and many Americans feel uneasy about being in large groups.
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April 12, 2021

Bowdoin music festival will resume this summer for students

But performances likely will not have live audiences and instead will be livestreamed from the Brunswick campus.
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April 12, 2021

Mobile vaccination unit makes its debut at Oxford Casino

Gov. Janet Mills and FEMA's regional administrator came Monday for the unveiling of a unit that will administer as many as 250 shots a day at 10 locations across the state.
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April 12, 2021

Maine lawmaker criticized for racist email

Rep. Michael Lemelin, R-Chelsea, referred to COVID-19 as the 'China virus' in an email to an Asian-American resident, and downplayed the disease's seriousness.

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April 12, 2021

Letter: Deaths caused by COVID-19 are understated
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April 12, 2021

As vaccinations increase in Maine, so do new cases and hospital patients

The number of new cases reported daily remains elevated, even as more than one-third of Maine's population has received at least one shot of vaccine.
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April 12, 2021

Maine Voices: COVID’s long-term impact on higher ed

Colleges and universities may become less cloistered institutions and, possibly, less expensive.
Published
April 11, 2021

Ramadan 2021 brings questions about mosque visits, big iftars, vaccines

Some say the drastic shutdown of 2020 actually heightened awareness and spirituality. A second pandemic Ramadan, with all its divisive decisions, somehow feels harder.
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April 11, 2021

Top disease control official says Chinese vaccines’ effectiveness low

Vaccines made by Sinovac and Sinopharm have made up the majority of Chinese vaccines distributed to several dozen countries including Mexico, Turkey, Indonesia, Hungary, Brazil and Turkey.