Is monkeypox a health emergency? Experts to decide if outbreak a global threat

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Published
June 14, 2022

Is monkeypox a health emergency? Experts to decide if outbreak a global threat

Declaring monkeypox to be an international health emergency would give it the same designation as the COVID-19 pandemic and mean that the normally rare disease is a continuing threat to countries globally.
Published
June 14, 2022

Maine reports uptick in COVID hospitalizations

Infections, however, are still trending downward.
Published
June 14, 2022

FDA advisers consider Moderna’s COVID shots for older kids

If the advisory panel endorses the shot and the FDA agrees, it would become the second option for those children, joining Pfizer's vaccine.
Published
June 13, 2022

Maine Med videographer wins regional Emmy award for COVID film

Charlie Berg's brief film recognizes the efforts of ICU nurses struggling to care for unvaccinated COVID-19 patients during a virus surge last summer.
Published
June 13, 2022

New fast-spreading COVID strain detected in Maine

The state says it has detected the first infection with omicron BA.4, 1 of 2 subvariants currently concerning health officials and now spreading through the United States.
Published
June 12, 2022

Maine, with one of the highest cancer rates in the country, is struggling to attract oncologists

Finding young physicians willing to move to Maine, especially to rural areas, is next to impossible, some providers say.
Published
June 8, 2022

Data breach at health care organization may affect 2 million people, including in Maine

Massachusetts-based Shields Health Care Group Inc. provides imaging and ambulatory surgical services at dozens of locations.
Published
June 8, 2022

COVID cases and hospitalizations keep declining in Maine

The number of hospitalized patients dropped below 150 on Wednesday for the first time since April.
Published
June 6, 2022

Maine COVID hospitalizations keep dropping

The number of patients statewide with the virus has dropped to the lowest level in more than a month.
Published
June 2, 2022

First COVID vaccine shots for kids under 5 possible by June 21

White House COVID-19 coordinator Aashish Jha outlined the administration's planning for the last remaining ineligible age group to get shots.