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Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
Mainers can now access their vaccination records on a mobile app
The Maine CDC is partnering with Docket, an app that gives people access to their immunization history. Requests for those records have skyrocketed since 2019.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Get a COVID booster if you haven’t already
Rising international coronavirus cases underscore the need to get booster shots into more arms.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: With flu on the rise amid COVID pandemic, it’s time to get vaccinated
The uptick in influenza cases is an unwelcome change from last year’s season, which was mild because of masking and distancing.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: COVID’s spread in Maine outpaces the numbers
It’s hard to keep up with the omicron variant, but common sense and compassion are still our best tools.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
The Maine Millennial: Anti-vaxxers deserve health care, too
Instead of determining who should be denied care, we should be making it available to everyone.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: Vaccine-hesitant people can still change their minds. As a doctor, I’m seeing it
There’s still hope for increasing the vaccination rate as the omicron variant fuels another rise in COVID cases.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Indoor vaccine mandates would protect hospitality workers
Restaurant work is hard enough without the risk of catching a serious disease on the job.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State
Clinics in Augusta, Richmond offer free COVID-19 vaccines this week
The Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines will all be available.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Little holiday cheer in COVID news
Fully vaccinated Mainers can celebrate, as long as they don’t celebrate the end of the pandemic too soon.