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Published
January 5, 2022

Commentary: Vaccine-hesitant people can still change their minds. As a doctor, I’m seeing it

There’s still hope for increasing the vaccination rate as the omicron variant fuels another rise in COVID cases.
Published
January 4, 2022

Many residents and business owners ready to mask up under Portland’s new mandate

Most Portland residents interviewed Tuesday seemed resigned to the return to mandatory masking, while some business owners said that enforcing it could be tricky.
Published
January 4, 2022

Bates and union organizers clash as workers prepare to vote on whether to form one of state’s biggest union locals

Bates denounces union complaints as 'the very essence of misinformation' after organizers say college is violating its own COVID-19 protocols.
Published
January 4, 2022

How Portland’s new indoor mask mandate will work

The mask requirement for public places takes effect Wednesday, along with an exception for businesses that require proof of COVID-19 vaccination for all who enter.
Published
January 4, 2022

Biden urges concern but not alarm as omicron rises

The president emphasized that vaccines, booster shots and therapeutic drugs have mitigated the danger for the overwhelming majority of Americans who are fully vaccinated.

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Published
January 4, 2022

Maryland declares 30-day state of emergency as hospitalizations hit record high

Maryland hospitals were treating 3,006 adults and 51 children with the virus, and 600 others were waiting in emergency departments for beds to become available on Monday.
Published
January 4, 2022

CDC recommends only 5 months between Pfizer COVID vaccine and booster

The announcement was made a day after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration lowered the wait between Pfizer’s initial vaccine doses and its booster from six months to five.
Published
January 4, 2022

COVID-19 outbreak hits Franklin County jail staff

Seven corrections officers test positive; no inmates infected.
Published
January 4, 2022

COVID-19 hospitalizations near record high as Maine reports 25 more deaths

The number of patients edges closer to the pandemic peak reached last month.
Published
January 4, 2022

Our View: Mainers should all follow the same mask rules

Whether we’re vaccinated or not, high levels of transmission dictate that we should cover up when indoors in public.