Maine is seeing an increase in influenza cases and hospitalizations.
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Defense secretary: Keep COVID military vaccine mandate in place
Congress may consider legislation this coming week to end the mandate as a requirement to gather enough support to pass this years’ defense budget, which is already two months late.
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Beijing, Shenzhen scrap coronavirus tests for public transport
Still, China remains the only major nation still sticking to a ‘zero-COVID’ strategy.
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Teen brains aged faster than normal from pandemic stress, study says
Before the pandemic, premature aging of children’s brains was observed in cases of chronic childhood stress, trauma, abuse and neglect.
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China pledges to slowly exit ‘zero COVID’
After protests against zero COVID spread to more than a dozen metropolises, some of China’s largest cities this week started lifting lockdowns, canceling mass testing and allowing some close contacts to quarantine at home.
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Twitter ends enforcement of COVID misinformation policy
Public health officials say its termination could lead to more false claims about the virus or the efficacy of vaccines.
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China eases some COVID rules after widespread protests, demands for president to resign
Chinese authorities have eased some anti-virus rules but affirmed their severe ‘zero COVID’ strategy after protesters demanded President Xi Jinping resign in the biggest show of opposition to the ruling Communist Party in decades
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COVID deaths skew older, reviving questions about ‘acceptable loss’
The pandemic has become a plague of the elderly, with nearly 9 out of 10 deaths in people 65 or older.
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After a year, omicron still driving COVID surges and worries
Nationally, new COVID cases averaged around 39,300 a day as of Tuesday – far lower than last winter but a vast undercount because of reduced testing and reporting.
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Unlike last two falls, COVID infections decline in Maine
The drop comes as hospitals are packed with RSV patients and facing a difficult influenza season.