An influential U.S. advisory panel will discuss expanding eligibility for COVID-19 vaccine booster shots to all adults Friday, a move that could make the shots available as early as this weekend
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Boosters for all adults in U.S. closer, with panel meeting set
Some cities and states already allow all adults to get boosters of Pfizer’s vaccine, but it is not yet official U.S. policy.
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Pfizer asks U.S. regulators to approve promising anti-COVID-19 pill
It is one of a handful of pills that have recently been shown to significantly cut hospitalizations and deaths among people infected with COVID-19.
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Maine’s COVID-19 surge intensifies as cases, deaths and hospitalizations mount
Transmission of the virus appears to be speeding up in Maine heading into Thanksgiving week, when many will gather indoors.
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Maine sets another record for number of COVID-19 hospital patients
As of Monday, 261 COVID patients were in Maine hospitals, including 72 in critical care.
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New record set Sunday for COVID hospitalizations in Maine
The state’s 249 hospitalizations surpass the previous high of 248 set Friday. The number of patients in critical care has also increased.
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Maine sets all-time high for COVID-19 hospitalizations
As of Friday, 248 people were in the hospital, eclipsing the previous mark, set in late September.
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Virginia pharmacy gave 112 kids wrong doses of COVID vaccine
It had only the formulation for older children or adults, so devised a ‘workaround’ for younger kids, Virginia health officials say.
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Dental practices, EMS workers left out of Maine’s final vaccine mandate
A final version of the mandate was officially issued Wednesday, after a 90-day period for comments.
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COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations keep rising as winter approaches
Hospitalizations have increased to near-record levels.