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vaccines

Published
January 31, 2020

Citing coronavirus, Mills urges voters to uphold Maine’s new vaccine law

Maine's governor uses her weekly radio address to attack a citizens' veto effort that would overturn the state's new law to eliminate non-medical exemptions for childhood vaccines.
Published
December 16, 2019

Our View: What’s at stake in March’s referendum on vaccination

Liberal use of exemptions has left Maine vulnerable to outbreaks of debilitating – and sometimes deadly – infectious diseases.
Published
October 17, 2019

Opponents of new vaccine law will get their shot at overturning it at the polls

Maine's secretary of state has certified the voter signatures on a petition that calls for voters to decide on the law ending religious and philosophical exemptions for childhood vaccines.
Published
October 17, 2019

Seniors find high-dose flu vaccines hard to come by

Health officials say the shortage is only temporary and supplies of the high-dose shots often used by seniors will be available soon.
Published
October 16, 2019

Chiropractors give a big boost to people’s veto campaign against new vaccine law

Of the $161,841 raised so far by Mainers for Health and Parental Rights, at least $51,225 has come from chiropractors, according to a Press Herald analysis.

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Published
October 16, 2019

Commentary: Get over vaccination hesitation and get your flu shot

Signs indicate a robust season ahead, but there's also good news: Needle haters may opt for a nasal spray, and President Trump is encouraging research on a universal vaccine.
Published
October 6, 2019

Insight: Politics driving a measles comeback

Vaccine skeptics are creating a space for an eradicable disease to take hold and spread.
Published
September 25, 2019

Our View: When petitions come around, read before signing

You can't get tricked into signing something you don't support if you insist on reading and understanding it first.
Published
September 23, 2019

Some Mainers say opponents of vaccine law misled them in petition effort

Other voters are writing Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap, asking him to remove their signatures.
Published
September 22, 2019

Our View: Abortion funding and assisted-dying laws can now go into effect

Maine government will no longer discriminate against poor women who need abortions, or prevent the terminally ill from deciding when they have suffered enough.