A Food and Drug Administration review concluded the shots remain safe and effective up to four and a half months. The shots were originally approved for just three months.
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Maine reports just 53 new COVID-19 cases, as rural vaccination rates lag
It was the 10th time in the last 11 days that new cases have been below 100, but progress could be impeded if more young and rural residents don’t get vaccinated.
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New cases remain low, over 2 weeks after end of pandemic restrictions
Vaccinations, meanwhile, have slowed down dramatically as the state looks for new ways to entice those who have held out.
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Q & A: Will I need a COVID-19 booster shot?
It’s not clear yet how long vaccines will protect against infection, but studies are underway to answer that question.
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FDA approves new drug for Alzheimer’s that experts doubt will work
The decision is sure to spark disagreements among doctors, medical researchers and patient groups, and have far-reaching implications for the standards used to evaluate experimental therapies.
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Maine’s air quality expected to plummet on Monday
The Department of Environmental Protection predicts that ground-level ozone concentrations will reach unhealthy levels along most of the state’s coastline.
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Shortage of psychiatrists in Maine causing a ‘crisis’
PORTLAND – Dr. Joan Leitzer, a Portland-based psychiatrist, has been “retiring for months.” “I am doing it the old-fashioned way,” she said, and is working to get each of the approximately 60 patients in her practice transferred to a new provider before she retires. But psychiatrists, psychiatric nurse practitioners and other mental and behavioral health […]
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New cases and hospital patient counts keep declining in Maine
The state reported 71 new cases as it crossed the 60% threshold for eligible residents, age 12 and older, who have been fully vaccinated.
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Maine House and Senate advance bill to expand dental coverage under MaineCare
Maine is one of only 10 states that do not cover preventive and restorative dental care under their Medicaid programs.
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State pushes to have regular COVID-19 testing for hospitality, retail workers
Free rapid-results antigen tests are being made available through Walgreens pharmacies as part of an effort to minimize virus transmission during the upcoming tourist season.