About 80,000 people protested in cities across Italy last weekend, while thousands have demonstrated in Paris for the past few weekends.
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Fauci: More ‘pain and suffering’ ahead as COVID cases rise
However, amid the threat of the delta variant, the director of the National Institutes of Health told CNN that vaccinations are up 56% in the U.S. in the last two weeks.
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Mills earns praise, criticism for pandemic response as re-election campaign looms
In an exclusive Blaine House interview, the governor talks about her decisions on COVID-19, vetoes she’s issued and other topics as Maine gears up for 2022 gubernatorial race.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: You have the chance to live – seize it
A Bridgton woman’s family history is a lesson in the impact on the loved ones left behind when otherwise-rational adults refuse vaccination.
Posted inMaine
Among the vaccinated in Maine, a growing anger at those who resist
Inoculated residents express frustration and ambivalence about the unvaccinated as COVID-19 case counts rise here and across the U.S.
Posted inNation & World, Uncategorized
Florida breaks record with more than 21,600 new COVID-19 cases
It’s the state’s highest one-day total since the start of the pandemic.
Posted inNation & World, New England, Schools and Education
Mask guidance divides parents heading into new school year
The CDC recommends indoor masks for all teachers, staff, students and visitors at schools nationwide, regardless of vaccination status.
Posted inMaine
Surge continues as Maine CDC reports 91 new COVID-19 cases, one death
Hancock County fell out of the ‘substantial transmission’ range that triggers a CDC recommendation for vaccinated mask-wearing indoors.
Posted inHealth, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine
U.S. CDC documents on delta variant may explain increasing case rates in central and western Maine
New information from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers some explanation for increasing case rates and deeper look behind the state’s shift in masking recommendations.
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Study of Cape Cod virus outbreak shows it spread mostly in vaccinated people
Health officials on Friday released details of that research, key in this week’s decision by the federal CDC to recommend that vaccinated people return to wearing masks indoors in parts of the U.S.