In our global health work, many of us have seen polio, measles, whooping cough, tetanus, and other preventable diseases ravage the lives of children and families.
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Posted inBill Nemitz, Op-Eds, Opinion
Bill Nemitz: The truth is vaccines save Maine kids’ lives. Let’s keep it that way.
For all the time they’ve spent talking in recent months, supporters of Question 1 have said precious little.
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Posted inLocal & State
Follow the Money: See who is donating in Maine’s vaccine referendum
This searchable database includes all donations through Feb. 21, 2020 to three Maine political action committees that are raising money for their campaigns on Question 1 on the March 3 ballot. A “yes” vote on the question would be a vote to repeal a new law that ends religious and philosophical exemptions for childhood vaccinations, […]
Posted inLocal & State, News
Maine reports first flu-related death of child in 2019-20 season
The child was younger than 5 and had not been vaccinated.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Tom Waddell: Protect your health and religious freedom
Vote no on Question 1 on March 3.
Posted inNation & World
Economic toll mounts as world hunts for vaccine against coronavirus
Several existing medications will be tested to see if they can be used to treat Covid-19, as the disease is known, the World Health Organization says.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News, Politics
Pharmaceutical companies fund ad campaign to support Maine’s new vaccine law
A lobbying firm is spending $476,000 for TV ads defending the law against a repeal vote on the March 3 ballot, prompting opponents of the law to say the funding is an effort by Big Pharma to control Maine’s vaccine policy.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News, Politics
Citing coronavirus, Mills urges voters to uphold Maine’s new vaccine law
Maine’s governor uses her weekly radio address to attack a citizens’ veto effort that would overturn the state’s new law to eliminate non-medical exemptions for childhood vaccines.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: What’s at stake in March’s referendum on vaccination
Liberal use of those exemptions has left Maine vulnerable to outbreaks of debilitating — and sometimes deadly — infectious diseases.