About 161,000 of the possibly fake N95 respirators have been distributed to school nurses, health care facilities and state workers in Maine since November and are now part of a nationwide recall and replacement effort.
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Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Schools and Education
Sheepscot Valley-area finances feeling effect of students staying home
With more students opting to learn at home, Regional School Unit 12 is receiving fewer subsidies and seeing a financial impact to its budget.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine
Anti-mask-mandate commissioner told to work his day job from home
Isaiah Lary, who has hammered against the legality of Gov. Janet Mills’ mask-wearing mandate, said Friday the move was “an attempt to distract from the main issue.”
Posted inHealth, Nation & World, Schools and Education
Strong evidence in-person schooling can be done safely, U.S. CDC says in new guidance
The president has been caught between competing interests as he works to get students in the classroom without spurning the powerful teachers unions that helped get him elected.
Posted inMaine, News, Uncategorized
Maine clears all counties for in-person learning as COVID-19 cases continue to decline
The Maine Department of Education announced all counties are now designated ‘green,’ meaning in-person learning can be offered as long as health and safety requirements are followed.
Posted inNation & World, News
The Latest: Los Angeles County says medical center broke virus rules
The latest on the coronavirus pandemic from around the U.S. and the world.
Posted inNation & World, News
New York released over 9,000 virus patients into nursing homes, records show
The new number is more than 40% more than what the state health department previously released, raising new questions of whether a directive from Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration helped spread sickness and death.
Posted inNation & World, News
Race to vaccinate older Americans advances in many states
Two months after the first COVID-19 shots were administered, more than a third of people 65 and older have received at least one dose in states that have provided data.
Posted inMaine, News
After months of preparation, Maine well positioned to find cases of COVID-19 variants
The state partnered early with the world-renowned Jackson Laboratory to conduct genomic sequencing, which detects variants of the coronavirus.
Posted inMaine, News
COVID-19 hospitalizations in Maine hit lowest levels since November
Patient counts continued to fall or remain flat at most of Maine’s hospitals as the U.S. experiences a modest reprieve from the virus’s onslaught.