The state exceeded 200 COVID-19 patients in hospitals Friday for the first time since mid-January.

University of Maine at Farmington will host a vaccine clinic on Saturday, Sept. 18.

Statewide, 75.6% of school staff members are fully vaccinated, meaning they have received two shots of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine or the one-dose vaccine from Johnson & Johnson.

The mandate will begin Monday and last for 14 days; the Regional School Unit 74 board also adopted a response plan that will guide the district when additional COVID-19 cases are recorded.

Regional School Unit 38 is to receive $1.49 million from the federal Elementary and Secondary School Elementary Relief Fund.

The delta variant is pounding unvaccinated people, who account for almost all coronavirus patients in intensive care.

The Russian president will remain in self-isolation for 'at least a week,' a Kremlin spokesman says.

The pace of new infections is straining the Maine CDC's ability to review new cases, leading to a backlog that is likely to translate into sustained high numbers in the coming days.

My husband, who recently lost his unvaccinated twin to COVID, is himself awaiting surgery – and I don’t want anti-vaccine caregivers anywhere near him.

Pfizer argues that immunity against milder infection wanes somewhere around six to eight months after the second dose.

As of Tuesday, about 81% of the hospital's employees met the COVID-19 vaccination mandate Gov. Janet Mills has set for health care workers.

Despite the recent cancellations of other marathons in the state, race officials say the Maine Marathon has put together a strong medical team to ensure that it can be held safely.

I am gratified so many people are reacting to the months of social isolation by connecting with others, writes Liz Soares.

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.

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.

She linked the vaccine to swollen testicles and impotence, despite the lack of scientific evidence.

Belfast-based GO Lab plans to produce three types of wood fiber insulation and create 120 jobs when its manufacturing operation is up and running.

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.

While one-time hot spots like Florida and Louisiana are improving, infection rates are soaring in Kentucky, Georgia and Tennessee, fueled by children now back in school, loose mask restrictions and low vaccination levels.

Since the pandemic began, Maine has recorded 81,177 cases of COVID-19 and 969 deaths.

An international group of scientists is arguing the average person doesn't need a COVID-19 booster yet.

Some districts that have yet to launch pooled testing say they expected a lag between the start of school and the start of testing to allow time to set up and solicit permission from parents.

The Hight Family of Dealerships has teamed up with Redington-Fairview General Hospital to provide a free COVID-19 vaccination clinic Friday as part of the effort to vaccinate more Somerset County residents.

In two weeks, the number of infected people who need ventilators to breathe has jumped from 28 to 40.

Maine factories operated by the two companies produced swabs and test kits that were critical to the nation's COVID-19 testing capability.

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.

For more than a century, the influenza pandemic of 1918-19 was the deadliest in our history, a record that will soon be broken by COVID.

Maine school districts are scrambling all over again to set up technology, remote learning and pooled testing as kids are forced back home.

Gardiner Main Street's signature event returns to Water Street in its brewfest format, with beer, food, fun and games.

Hospitalizations remained high at 184 on Saturday, down slightly from Friday's total of 192.

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.

While supportive of vaccines, some business leaders say too many key questions remain about the Biden administration's requirement.

Few businesses responded Friday when asked how they plan to comply with President Biden's vaccine mandate that was announced a day earlier.

As of Friday, the digital pass – a proof of having been vaccinated – is no longer required when entering nightclubs, making it the last virus safeguard to fall.

The school board decided last week to resume school with a mask-optional policy and remain in-person "until the Maine CDC steps in."

The on-again, off-again ban to prevent mandating masks for Florida school students is back.

Northern Light Inland Hospital in Waterville is reopening the COVID-19 test site due to increased demand, hospital officials say.

Maine reported 506 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday as the state works through a backlog of tests and patients fill intensive care units in record numbers.

How will we do this again? Educators will be inspired by the chance to empower all young people – and everyone will gain from being in a room with others.

About 170,000 Mainers work for companies with more than 100 employees and will be required to be inoculated or take weekly tests.

Board of education members overwhelmingly supported the plan, calling it a sound public health measure and a critical step to keep classrooms open for in-person learning.

Somerset County continues to trail the rest of the state in the number of vaccinated residents as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are continuing to surge statewide.

In-person meetings are on the rebound, but it could be several years – if ever – before conferences attract the crowds they did before COVID-19.

Industry executives anticipate that bookings will pick up as soon as case counts go down.

Telling the unvaccinated ‘your refusal has cost all of us,’ the president lays out plans to mandate vaccines for federal workers, require vaccinations or weekly tests for employees at companies with 100 or more workers, and lay the groundwork for booster shots.

Though not on the table yet, remote learning was discussed at Wednesday night's Augusta school board meeting in case the district's COVID-19 cases increase.

The step comes ahead of the president's speech Thursday afternoon outlining a six-pronged plan to address the latest rise in coronavirus cases.

More than 90% of patients in intensive care are unvaccinated, say state officials, who have added staffing to handle a backlog of positive tests.

The Lewiston campus adds more testing, extends masking requirement as it aims to keep its semester on track.