The pandemic has been on a downward trend for more than a year, and most countries have returned to life before COVID-19.
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U.S. to lift most federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates next week
Vaccine requirements for federal workers and federal contractors, as well as foreign air travelers to the U.S., will end May 11.
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MaineHealth drops COVID-19 masking requirement
Masks are no longer required at MaineHealth or Northern Light Health medical facilities statewide, effectively putting an end to the emergency measure in most situations 3 years after the pandemic began.
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Northern Light Health drops universal masking policy in medical facilities
The move by Maine’s second largest health care network comes as the number of hospital patients with COVID-19 has dropped to the lowest level since August 2021.
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Biden ends COVID national emergency after Congress acts
The U.S. national emergency to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic has ended.
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Uptake of bivalent COVID-19 boosters low in Maine, but still higher than most of the country
Nearly a third of all Mainers ages 5 years and older have received the omicron-targeting bivalent booster shot compared to less than 18% of individuals nationwide.
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Gov. Mills tests positive for COVID-19
Sunday’s announcement represents the second time Maine’s governor has contracted COVID-19 within the past year.
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U.S. pregnancy deaths dropped in 2022, after COVID spike
Officials say the 2022 maternal death rate is on track to get close to pre-pandemic levels. But that’s not great: The rate before COVID-19 was the highest it had been in decades.
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3 years later, the pandemic cocoon is giving way to social butterflies
Long after Maine’s first case of coronavirus, communal activities and gatherings are reaching pre-pandemic levels again, though troubling remnants of isolation persist.
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House votes to declassify info about origins of COVID-19
U.S. intelligence agencies are divided over whether a lab leak or a spillover from animals is the likely source of the deadly virus.