• Published

  April 5, 2023

  Uptake of bivalent COVID-19 boosters low in Maine, but still higher than most of the country

  Nearly a third of all Mainers ages 5 years and older have received the omicron-targeting bivalent booster shot compared to less than 18% of individuals nationwide. Data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that individuals who have received the bivalent booster are at significantly lower risk of hospitalization and death compared to unvaccinated individuals.

• Published

  April 3, 2023
  

  Proposals to roll back school vaccine requirements draw crowd to State House

  While the bills to reintroduce religious and philosophic exemptions for school vaccines have little chance of passing, advocates on both sides packed a daylong hearing before the Legislature's Education Committee.