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PublishedNovember 9, 2020
Maine CDC tackles vaccine challenges as Pfizer announces promising results
Cold storage requirements are a logistics issue for the Pfizer vaccine, says Dr. Nirav Shah, Maine's CDC director.
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PublishedOctober 27, 2020
Three Sanford students given flu shots without parents’ approval
During a flu shot clinic put on by Northern Light Health Care, 3 students in the school district were administered a flu vaccine without proper consent.
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PublishedOctober 20, 2020
UK to infect healthy volunteers in vaccine research trial
This type of research, known as a human challenge study, is used infrequently because some consider the risk involved in infecting otherwise healthy individuals to be unethical.
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PublishedOctober 16, 2020
Maine’s plan to distribute vaccine stresses racial equity, health care workers and the elderly
The plan submitted to the federal government Friday calls for vaccinating 80% of Maine's 1.3 million people within 12 weeks, in a massive statewide effort.
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PublishedOctober 15, 2020
Young, healthy people may have to wait until 2022 for vaccine, top WHO scientist says
Any vaccine that is ready next year will be available in limited quantities, with health-care workers and others on the front lines having first priority.
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PublishedOctober 14, 2020
Worries about a virus vaccine grow and experts are planning extra scrutiny
U.S. health officials are planning an extra layer of safety scrutiny for the first people vaccinated when shots become available.
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PublishedSeptember 16, 2020
CDC director says coronavirus vaccines won’t be widely available until middle of 2021
But President Trump later questions the testimony of Robert Redfield, saying the CDC chief was wrong in his estimation of how fast a potential vaccine will be available to the general public.
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PublishedSeptember 16, 2020
U.S. outlines sweeping plan to provide free COVID-19 vaccines, but it would take months
Although President Trump asserted Tuesday that a vaccine could be 3 to 4 weeks away, officials made it clear widespread availability would take months.
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PublishedAugust 9, 2020
Maine faces numerous hurdles in coming race to vaccinate for COVID-19
Success in a mass-inoculation effort to achieve herd immunity depends on communicating its efficacy and overcoming 'vaccine hesitancy.'
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PublishedMarch 9, 2020
Maine bill would exempt online charter schools from vaccine requirements
Lawmakers took public testimony Monday on a bill that would exempt online charter schools from a new vaccine requirement that eliminates philosophical and religious exemptions.
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