Meanwhile, the six Maine counties with the lowest vaccination rate are also the counties with the highest rates of new transmission over the last 28 days.
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Of Maine’s 38 hospitals, staff at CMMC, St. Mary’s have the lowest vaccination rates in the state
Lewiston hospital officials acknowledge there is more work to be done, but warned the numbers do not represent the full picture.
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Nearly all COVID deaths in U.S. are now among unvaccinated
Only about 150 of the more than 18,000 COVID-19 deaths in May were in fully vaccinated people.
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Maine reports lowest case count since September, no additional deaths
Despite recording just 12 new cases Thursday, state health officials warn that a new variant could undermine progress by spreading among unvaccinated Mainers.
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Almost 900 Secret Service employees were infected with COVID
More than half of them worked in the division responsible for protecting the president and the vice president, as well as the families of these leaders and other government officials.
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Biden pushes COVID-19 shots for young adults as concerns grow over new variant
The delta variant, first identified in India, has come to represent more than 20% of coronavirus infections in the U.S. in the last 2 weeks.
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Another 20 COVID-19 cases, no new deaths reported in Maine
New case numbers continue to trend downward, although the pace of vaccinations against COVID-19 has plateaued.
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Maine CDC reports 18 COVID-19 cases, no additional deaths
Labs have reported fewer than 100 new cases per day for more than two weeks, and the positive test rate fell below 1 percent for the first time since October.
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Controversial new Alzheimer’s drug gives patients in Maine hope
The treatment developed by Biogen could slow its progression, but health professionals and researchers are divided on whether the FDA was right to approve it.
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Pandemic swells Medicaid enrollment to record 80 million people
The pandemic-caused recession and a federal requirement that states keep Medicaid beneficiaries enrolled until the national emergency ends swelled the pool of people in the program by more than 9 million over the past year, according to a new report. The latest figures, released Thursday, show Medicaid enrollment grew from 71.3 million in February 2020, […]