The delta variant is pounding unvaccinated people, who account for almost all coronavirus patients in intensive care.
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COVID-19 surge forces health care rationing in parts of West
Scarce resources such as ICU beds will be allotted to the patients most likely to survive, while others will be treated with less effective methods or, in dire cases, given pain relief and other palliative care.
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FDA strikes cautious tone before vaccine booster meeting
Pfizer argues that immunity against milder infection wanes somewhere around six to eight months after the second dose.
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Percentage of vaccinated school staff varies widely across Maine: See your school’s vaccination rate
An average of 76% of school employees in Maine are vaccinated, but individual schools vary widely, new state data shows.
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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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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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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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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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Gorham native leads team conducting sequencing of COVID-19 tests to detect variants
UMaine grad Ryan Tewhey, a human genetics researcher, took his dream job at The Jackson Laboratory in 2017. Things haven’t played out how he imagined so far, but he’s OK with that.
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FDA official hopeful younger kids can get shots this year
With schools reopening and the delta variant causing more infections among children, many parents are anxiously wondering when vaccinations will be available for those under 12.