Eighteen-year-old Tiana James became a CNA last summer and immediately went to work at a hospital caring for COVID-19 patients.
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Rural police departments confront pandemic challenges
REGION — In recent years recruitment and retention for police departments in Maine and across the U.S. has become more and more of a challenge. In Franklin and Oxford counties, local forces have fared a little better than more urban communities. But the pandemic has stalled high school and college law enforcement education, as well […]
Androscoggin County Commission rejects anti-mask resolution
Nearly 100 people tuned in to Wednesday’s virtual meeting.
Mexico vaccination clinic almost loses license after offering vaccines to RSU 10 school staff
Med-Care Ambulance offered 30 doses that were set to expire Thursday.
Auburn’s tax office remains closed due to COVID-19
The City Clerk’s office has since reopened.
Video: Augusta Civic Center gets up and running as mass vaccination site
The first day of the clinic was expected to serve 200 people who had already registered, with 1,344 vaccinations anticipated to be given this week.
How will we know we’ve reached herd immunity?
Health officials around the world are racing to vaccinate enough people to stop the spread of COVID-19 – but what qualifies as ‘enough’ is still an open question.
Japan starts COVID-19 vaccinations with eye on Olympics
Japan has launched its coronavirus vaccination campaign amid questions about whether it will reach enough people quickly enough to save a Summer Olympics already delayed.
Maine CDC reports 104 new COVID-19 cases, 3 additional deaths
The state continues to receive dramatically fewer reports of new infections compared to a month ago, although the detection this week of another case of a U.K. variant of COVID-19 raises concerns.
The Latest: U.S. life expectancy drops a year in pandemic, most since WWII
The latest on the coronavirus pandemic from around the U.S. and the world.