Putting COVID-19 behind, Bates College holds traditional graduation

Nirav Shah

Published
May 29, 2022

Putting COVID-19 behind, Bates College holds traditional graduation

Commencement speaker Dr. Nirav Shah, who is leading Maine's effort to thwart COVID-19, advises graduates to try to "be someone."
Published
May 29, 2022

Putting COVID-19 behind, Bates College holds traditional graduation

Commencement speaker Dr. Nirav Shah, who is leading Maine's effort to thwart COVID-19, advises graduates to try to "be someone."
Published
April 27, 2022

Bates College taps Dr. Nirav Shah as its commencement speaker

With pandemic fears waning, the college plans a traditional graduation ceremony in May for the first time in three years.
Published
December 29, 2021

It may be time to upgrade from cloth masks to hi-tech ones, experts say

Better masks will better block transmission of the virus, especially omicron, some say.
Published
November 21, 2021

In the midst of a record-setting surge, we’re learning we have to live with COVID-19

Scientists have shifted away from talk of eliminating the virus to controlling it, but the weeks and months ahead could be rough.
Published
August 23, 2021

DHHS names director of new office for health equity

A Bowdoin graduate, Ian Yaffe was the head of a nonprofit that worked to help immigrant and farmworker communities with education, housing and health care.
Published
June 30, 2021

Health officials search for key to boosting vaccination numbers

The Maine CDC and the state's health care networks are examining who has yet to be vaccinated, the reasons why and how best to reach them.
Published
May 14, 2021

Sen. Farrin: Mills administration hasn’t earned our trust on COVID efforts

The data that state public health officials have given Mainers are inconsistent and inaccurate, leading us to wonder what else is being omitted.
Published
May 11, 2021

Vaccine shuffle all across Maine sends doses where they’re needed

In ‘a big chess game’ behind the scenes, health care providers and state epidemiologists are constantly moving thousands of doses from clinic to clinic, so the COVID-19 vaccine supply meets demand.
Published
April 15, 2021

Maine CDC Director Dr. Nirav Shah to deliver UNE commencement address

Maine's top public health official is scheduled to address University of New England graduates at the school's 186th commencement exercises on May 15-16.