The burden on the state’s hospitals remains above the spring surge’s peak but is down to pre-Thanksgiving levels.
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Video: Augusta Civic Center gets up and running as mass vaccination site
The first day of the clinic was expected to serve 200 people who had already registered, with 1,344 vaccinations anticipated to be given this week.
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How will we know we’ve reached herd immunity?
Health officials around the world are racing to vaccinate enough people to stop the spread of COVID-19 – but what qualifies as ‘enough’ is still an open question.
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Maine CDC reports 104 new COVID-19 cases, 3 additional deaths
The state continues to receive dramatically fewer reports of new infections compared to a month ago, although the detection this week of another case of a U.K. variant of COVID-19 raises concerns.
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Updated: How can I get vaccinated?
Here’s the latest information on seeking an appointment for a COVID-19 vaccination.
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Community vaccination clinic at Augusta Civic Center to open Wednesday
Kennebec County Emergency Management Director Sean Goodwin said the clinic was set up Friday and final checks were being done Tuesday as the civic center clinic would begin offering vaccinations to people age 70 and older.
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COVID-19 vaccine wait continues for more than 100,000 Maine seniors
Of Maine’s 193,000 eligible older residents, about 80,500 have gotten the COVID-19 shot.
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COVID-19 shots might be tweaked if variants get worse
Most of the vaccines are made with flexible technology, but deciding when and how to modify can’t easily be answered.
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Lack of COVID-19 data on people with intellectual disabilities ‘comes with a body count’
Peter Prater’s family wasn’t thinking about COVID-19 when the call came that he had been taken to the hospital with a fever. It was April, and the Tallahassee Developmental Center, where Prater lives, hadn’t yet had any COVID-19 diagnoses. Prater, 55, who has Down syndrome and diabetes, became the Florida center’s first known case, his […]
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Guinea confirms 3 dead from Ebola, first cases since 2016
Health experts say it could be a major setback for the impoverished nation, already battling COVID-19 and still recovering from the previous Ebola outbreak.