The number of inpatients statewide jumped from 98 on Friday to 123 on Monday, with 61 people in critical care beds.
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Posted inNation / World
New York City mandates vaccinations for public school teachers, staff
The new policy marks the 1st flat-out vaccination mandate for city workers in the nation’s most populous city.
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Posted inNation / World
U.S. regulators give full approval to Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
The Food and Drug Administration cites months of real-world evidence that serious side effects are extremely rare.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Maine tourism industry surges back, despite ongoing challenges of pandemic
Some businesses and destinations are on pace to set new revenue and visitor records this summer.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, Nation / World, News
Who’s minding the store on COVID-19 relief spending?
With $4.5 billion headed to Maine state, city and county governments, the threat of wasteful or improper spending creates a need for systems to track and verify where the money goes.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools & Education
Maine kindergarten vaccination rate rises
Fewer parents sought religious and philosophical exemptions last year, and a new law that takes effect this year that bans all but medical exemptions.
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine
10% of Maine child care centers closed during the pandemic, threatening ‘the workforce behind the workforce,’ experts say
With Maine child care facilities closing and financial pressure on those still open, concerns rise that parents won’t be able to return to work.
Posted inHealth, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine
A longtime nurse in Lewiston vows to quit her job rather than get the shot
Defying expert advice, Annette Roy said she won’t get vaccinated as ordered because it is too dangerous to inject “a poison into my arm.”
Posted inMaine
Maine CDC reports 205 COVID-19 cases, two deaths
The seven-day average reaches 160.1 new cases on Saturday.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools & Education
Teacher vaccination mandates enacted in some states, but not in the works in Maine
Superintendents and teachers union representatives in several Maine districts said they aren’t discussing vaccination mandates and many believe the staff vaccination rate is high enough to make mandates unnecessary.