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Published
January 12, 2022

Kids’ low COVID-19 vaccination rates called ‘very disturbing’

Stormy weather in December, the busy holiday season, and distrust among some parents are all cited as factors.
Published
January 12, 2022

Maine doctor’s license suspended over COVID-19 misinformation

Meryl Nass of Ellsworth is an internist who is active in Children's Health Defense, a group that agitates against vaccines and vaccine mandates.
Published
January 12, 2022

Insurers are being required to cover home COVID-19 tests. Here’s how to get yours for free

The Biden Administration announced Monday that insurance companies would be required to cover the cost.
Published
January 12, 2022

Quebec to levy financial penalty on unvaccinated adults

The premier of the French-speaking Canadian province of Quebec said not getting vaccinated leads to consequences for the health care system and not all Quebecers should pay for that.
Published
January 12, 2022

As Maine hospitals see another surge of COVID patients, hopeful signs emerge

Preliminary trends in other parts of the Northeast indicate that Maine could see a downturn in COVID-19 cases in the coming weeks.

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Published
January 12, 2022

Mainers respond to Westbrook woman’s grief over headstone kept from husband’s grave

A fund has been set up to accept donations to help the widow of a former Afghan general who died of COVID-19.
Published
January 12, 2022

Front-line health care workers more strained than ever during omicron surge

Nearly two years after COVID-19 first hit Maine, the pandemic is putting an enormous burden on the state's health care workers and system.
Published
January 12, 2022

Councilors Zarro, Fournier: Operating in an either-or world isn’t the answer for Portland. We must do better

The City Council is working on raising the wage in the city to a livable wage every day, not just in a temporary state of emergency.
Published
January 11, 2022

Senators grill Biden health officials over state of pandemic

'Most people are going to get COVID,' said Janet Woodcock, acting head of the Food and Drug Administration.
Published
January 11, 2022

Fauci fires back at Sen. Rand Paul, accusing him of using attacks for ‘political gain’

The infectious disease chief called Paul's repeated attacks a distortion of reality, and blamed such falsehoods for spurring threats on his life, while the senator uses them on his website to raise campaign funds.