COVID isn’t the only threat young children face this fall and winter. U.S. health systems and children’s hospitals are currently grappling with a wave of respiratory viruses.
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U.S. flu season off to a fast start as other viruses spread
Reports of flu are already high in 17 states, and the hospitalization rate hasn’t been this high this early since the 2009 swine flu pandemic.
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Officials: Augusta’s proposed comprehensive plan updates might need updating
Work on the city’s proposed new comprehensive plan, a 260-page document that guides decisions affecting the city, was interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Soaring RSV cases raise fears about hospital capacity with COVID rising and flu looming
Public health experts are fretting about a “tri-demic” where RSV, influenza and COVID-19 strain the health care system.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Afraid of needles? China using inhalable COVID-19 vaccine
The Chinese city of Shanghai has started administering an inhalable COVID-19 vaccine in what appears to be a world first.
Posted inLocal & State, Schools and Education
Maine students’ math and reading scores plummet during pandemic
The first comprehensive look at how the nation’s students are faring after two years of pandemic learning shows decades of academic progress erased – in Maine and nationwide.
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Pfizer says COVID-19 vaccine will cost $110-$130 per dose
Still, many people are expected to continue receive it for free once the U.S. government stops buying the shots, the drugmaker says.
Posted inHealth, Local & State
Wastewater surveillance remains a novel, yet important, tool for tracking the pandemic
‘One piece of the puzzle’: Ten months since Maine launched its wastewater surveillance program, experts are still figuring out the best way to use the data.
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Maine hospitals receive $25 million in pandemic recovery funds as patient counts rise again
The $25 million is the latest in a series of payouts included in the state’s supplemental budget approved in April.
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COVID-19 linked to increase in U.S. pregnancy-related deaths
The crisis has disproportionately claimed Black and Hispanic women.