New cases exceed 100 for the first time in five days, but the state’s overall trend continues to be lower case counts.
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New White House science chief wants vaccine for next pandemic made in 100 days
Sworn in Wednesday, Eric Lander says in his first interview, ‘it’s totally feasible to do that.’
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Japan’s vaccine push before Olympics looks to be too late
The Olympics risk becoming an incubator for ‘a Tokyo variant,’ a doctor warns.
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Vaccine protection may diminish need for yearly boosters
The world’s leading COVID-19 vaccines may offer lasting protection, but scientists caution that more research is needed and that virus mutations are still a wild card.
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Free beer offered as vaccine incentive during Biden’s ‘month of action’
President Joe Biden is announcing a “month of action” Wednesday to get more shots into arms before July 4.
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State pushes to have regular COVID-19 testing for hospitality, retail workers
Free rapid-results antigen tests are being made available through Walgreens pharmacies as part of an effort to minimize virus transmission during the upcoming tourist season.
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Seniors ‘getting back to living’ after more than a year of pandemic restrictions
Residents of retirement communities in Maine are resuming activities and visits, now that most are vaccinated.
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Augusta Public School Board pursues ‘pool testing’ for reducing pandemic requirements
The Department of Education protocol calls for 30% of a building’s people to be tested for COVID-19 on a regular basis as a way to ease physical distancing requirements.
Posted inMaine, News
Somerset County has lowest COVID-19 immunization rate in Maine, officials say
Ten of Maine’s 16 counties are below 50% of its population of those who have received a final dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
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Moderna seeks full FDA approval for its COVID-19 vaccine
Moderna announced Tuesday it has begun a “rolling submission” to the Food and Drug Administration of data from its studies of the two-dose vaccine.