COVID-19
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PublishedSeptember 15, 2021
Two Maine Senate leaders test positive for COVID-19
As the delta variant continues to surge in Maine, Senate President Troy Jackson and Eloise Vitelli, D-Arrowsic, the Senate majority leader, are the latest public officials to announce positive tests for the virus.
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PublishedSeptember 15, 2021
Record number of COVID patients on ventilators as state can’t keep up with new cases
The number of people breathing with assistance from ventilators reached a pandemic high of 42 on Wednesday and the backlog of positive test results continues to grow.
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PublishedSeptember 14, 2021
Slower testing of inmates impedes booking at Auburn jail
Sheriff says COVID-19 infected inmates filling up holding cells at Androscoggin County Jail.
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PublishedSeptember 14, 2021
Madison schools abruptly go remote amid COVID-19 outbreaks in Somerset County
Madison-based Maine School Administrative District 59, which was not requiring its students or staff to wear masks inside school buildings, is now offering remote learning to its 560 students.
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PublishedSeptember 14, 2021
Nicki Minaj tweets COVID vaccine conspiracy theory, spotlighting struggle against misinformation
Medical experts have said that claims about infertility linked to vaccinations are unsubstantiated.
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PublishedSeptember 14, 2021
Mainers younger than 20 now account for nearly half of state’s new COVID cases
The state reported 319 cases among people under 20 years old, a 3-day total that is the highest for that group in any report during the pandemic.
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PublishedSeptember 13, 2021
School vaccine campaigns targeting students face blowback
Across the U.S., family politics and pressure from Republicans come into play as vaccine-hesitant parents are struggling with vaccine-seeking teenagers set on getting their shots.
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PublishedSeptember 13, 2021
Maine has record number of COVID patients on ventilators
In two weeks, the number of infected people who need ventilators to breathe has jumped from 28 to 40.
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PublishedSeptember 13, 2021
Alabama man dies after being turned away from 43 hospitals as COVID packs ICUs
In a state where coronavirus infections and unvaccinated patients have overwhelmed hospitals in recent months, finding an available ICU bed was an ordeal.
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PublishedSeptember 10, 2021
Carrabec High School goes remote over COVID-19 outbreak a week after officials declined to require masks
The school board decided last week to resume school with a mask-optional policy and remain in-person "until the Maine CDC steps in."
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