Dentists could join state’s effort to vaccinate Mainers for COVID-19

The Maine Dental Association sent a letter to state health agencies offering the services of 765 dentists.

FDA confirms effectiveness, safety of Moderna vaccine

Hundreds more U.S. hospitals are gearing up to vaccinate their workers as federal health officials posted a positive review of a second COVID-19 shot.

What Mainers should know about the arrival of COVID-19 vaccines

Difficult ethical choices await Maine’s vaccine planners: Who goes first?

Hospital and nursing home administrators will pick the first vaccine recipients.

FDA says it ‘will rapidly work toward’ approval of Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine

When the FDA follows with an emergency authorization, the shots will start being moved to the states within 24 hours, according to officials at Operation Warp Speed.

Bishop urges Maine Catholics to receive COVID vaccine, allaying concerns about use of fetal tissue

Some Catholics have questioned whether they should be vaccinated if tissue from aborted fetuses was used to develop or test the COVID-19 vaccines.

Only half of Americans want shots as COVID-19 vaccine approval nears, poll shows

Many on the fence have safety concerns and want to see how the initial rollout fares – skepticism that could hinder the campaign against the scourge that has killed nearly 290,000 Americans.

Pfizer says it can’t supply more vaccine to U.S. until summer because of sales to other nations

The Trump administration's Operation Warp Speed declined last summer to lock in another 100 million vaccine doses.

Federal and state officials don’t explain discrepancy in Maine’s first vaccine shipment

A day after Gov. Janet Mills said the state was told it would receive a third of the doses it expected, spokespeople for Sens. Collins and King wouldn't say what Maine's senators are doing to ensure a fair and equitable distribution of the vaccine.

Former presidents say they would get vaccine publicly to boost confidence

Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton say they’d be willing to publicly take a coronavirus vaccine, once one becomes available, to encourage all Americans to get inoculated.