The Lewiston campus adds more testing, extends masking requirement as it aims to keep its semester on track.
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Posted inNation & World
Judge: Florida can’t enforce ban on school mask mandates
The case next goes before an appeals court in Tallahassee and could ultimately be decided by the Florida Supreme Court.
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Posted inNation & World
Summer of hope ends in gloom amid latest COVID-19 surge
The delta variant is filling hospitals, sickening alarming numbers of children and driving coronavirus deaths in some places to the highest levels of the entire pandemic.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel
Waterville council asks that city workers and visitors in city buildings to wear a mask
“It is very important for us to send a message to everyone in Waterville that it’s important to wear masks and to follow CDC guidance, and I think this resolution will fulfill that,” a councilor said.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Group sues Maine DHHS to block vaccine mandate for health care workers
Plaintiffs in the second of 2 lawsuits claim the DHHS is violating health care workers’ constitutional rights and failed to follow proper procedures when adopting the requirement.
Posted inMaine, News
Portland health officials recommend that city restore indoor mask mandate
Portland would become Maine’s first municipality to revive a requirement that people wear masks in public indoor spaces regardless of vaccination status.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Morning Sentinel, Schools and Education
Days after classes begin, COVID-19 cases reported at schools in central Maine
Because of the universal mask mandate at the elementary schools, close contacts who have been identified need not quarantine if they do not show symptoms of the virus, according to officials.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
MaineHealth network postponing some elective procedures to make room for COVID-19 surge
With Maine’s case counts now the worst in New England, there is ‘no end in sight’ to when hospitals can resume normal operations, a hospital executive says.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
U.S. reaches 75% of adults with at least 1 vaccine dose
The U.S. hit 70% of adults with at least one dose in early August, four weeks after Biden’s July 4 target for the achievement.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
COVID-19 boosters are coming but who will get them – and when?
There’s still important science to be worked out about who really needs them and when.