A final version of the mandate was officially issued Wednesday, after a 90-day period for comments.
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COVID-19 hot spots offer sign of what could be ahead for U.S.
While trends are improving in Florida, Texas and other Southern states that bore the worst of the summer surge, it’s clear that delta isn’t done with the United States.
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More vaccine mandate protests planned at Bath shipyard
The protest is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 14 outside the Local S6 union hall on Washington Street in Bath.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations keep rising as winter approaches
Hospitalizations have increased to near-record levels.
Posted inLivermore Falls Advertiser
Spruce Mountain students learning remotely until Monday
Many students and staff in Regional School Unit 73 have COVID-19.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat
First child vaccine clinic Nov. 13, pooled testing in all schools
PARIS — With the federal Center for Disease Control endorsing COVID-19 vaccines for children between the ages of five and 11, SAD 17’s Health Services Department will hold its first vaccination clinic this Saturday at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School. “We’ll be doing a Pfizer clinic at the high school for all kids ages five […]
Posted inRiver Valley, Rumford Falls Times, Schools & Education
COVID-19 cases rising again in Dixfield school district
Although RSU 56 schools in Dixfield and Peru are requiring masking and social distancing for all students and staff the district once again finds COVID-19 positive cases and close-contact quarantines rising among its students.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News, Schools & Education
Lewiston Middle School to be remote Friday; some students unable to access work
The school is issuing new laptops to students who have been unable to access Google Classroom due to technical issues.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, News, Schools & Education
Watch video: RSU 4 discusses its universal masking policy
Members of Regional School Unit 4 board will make a presentation and take questions from residents of Sabattus, Wales and Litchfield on the district’s universal masking policy.
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Kids vaccine campaign gets off to strong start, but challenges loom
About 900,000 kids aged 5-11 will have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in their first week of eligibility, the White House said Wednesday.