The wide availability of vaccines and treatments puts the nation in a better place than when the pandemic began, and monitoring has come a long way.
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Moderna seeks FDA authorization for 4th dose of COVID shot
U.S. health officials currently recommend a primary series of two doses of the Moderna vaccine and a booster dose months later.
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Biden’s COVID-19 coordinators to change as U.S. shifts focus
The White House is changing its posture from one of confronting an emergency to nudging Americans back to normalcy as the nation learns to live with a less-severe virus that is likely to remain endemic.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Most Maine counties move to low-risk status under federal COVID guidelines
Ten of Maine’s 16 counties are considered ‘green’ or low-risk for virus transmission and hospital burden, according to the U.S. CDC.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World, News
How will COVID end? Experts look to past epidemics for clues
It a long, drawn-out process that includes different types of endings that may not all occur at the same time.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News, Politics
Bill to ban COVID-19 vaccine mandates dies after Maine Senate votes it down
Proponents argued that vaccine safety and effectiveness is far from settled, but opponents said vulnerable people in group settings, like schools or hospitals, deserve to know every effort is being made to keep them safe.
Posted inHealth, Maine, Morning Sentinel, News
Waterville hospital violated policies in assessment of man who later shot himself, federal report says
The suicidal man, who died from his wounds, had sought care at Northern Light Inland Hospital in August but a proper evaluation of him was not done, according to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Maine clears backlog of COVID-19 tests, reports 2 more deaths
The backlog of positive tests had swelled to about 60,000 in February after the state was overwhelmed during the omicron variant wave.
Posted inHealth, Maine
‘A little different, a little broken’: How COVID-19 has changed us
Much as changed in the two years since COVID-19 arrived in Maine, and some changes will be permanent
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Federal CDC lifts its masking recommendation for all of Maine
The federal agency is, however, still advising that people who are immunocompromised or at high risk for severe illness wear a mask indoors.