Health care workers have until Oct. 29 to be fully vaccinated. One provider is weighing whether to seek another extension of the deadline from the Mills administration.
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The Texas abortion law is suspended for now, but its impact has been swift
A federal judge has ordered Texas to suspend a new law banning most abortions in the state, but that doesn’t mean abortion services will instantly resume.
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Pfizer’s request to OK shots for kids a relief for parents
Approval of a COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11 could bring many families a step closer to being done with remote learning, virus scares and repeated school shutdowns and quarantines.
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Hospitalizations decline even as COVID-19 cases and school outbreaks continue to mount
Cases remain high in Maine even as transmission has slowed in other parts of the country. But hospitalizations have decreased by 30% over the last 2 weeks.
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Q&A: Why are breakthrough COVID cases rising in Maine? And what is the latest on booster shots?
This Q&A looks at the breakthrough cases, what is behind the numbers and how booster shots fit into this latest chapter of the pandemic
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U.N. agency endorses world’s first malaria vaccine as ‘historic moment’
Scientists say it could have a major impact against the disease in Africa, home to most of the world’s more than 200 million cases and 400,000 deaths per year.
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Johnson & Johnson requests FDA approval for COVID booster shot
Johnson & Johnson is the third drug-maker to submit a request for booster approval after Moderna and Pfizer.
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COVID-19 vaccinations may have saved lives of 100 Maine seniors in first 5 months, study says
The federal study released Tuesday came as Maine reported 897 new cases of COVID-19 and 10 deaths over three days.
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Health care providers in Maine applaud Biden administration’s reversal of abortion ‘gag rule’
Planned Parenthood Northern New England and Maine Family Planning continued to provide abortion information to clients, but said the Trump-era rule denied them millions of dollars in federal funding.
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Biden lifts Trump-era ban on abortion referrals by family planning clinics
The new regulation will restore the federal family planning program to the way it ran under the Obama administration, when clinics were able to refer women seeking abortions to a provider.