Without better data showing exactly how effective COVID inoculations remain against hospitalization and death, many people won’t believe it.
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Maine Voices: Teachers, students primed for unique in-person COVID learning challenges
How will we do this again? Educators will be inspired by the chance to empower all young people – and everyone will gain from being in a room with others.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine CDC should speed up processing of COVID tests
Along with the nationwide shortage of tests, the backlog of positive results is making it harder to fight the virus.
Posted inNation & World
Key parts of Biden’s ‘action plan’ to confront delta variant surge
WASHINGTON — President Biden has unveiled a new “action plan” plan to confront the COVID-19 surge that’s being driven by the spread of the delta variant. It mandates vaccines for federal workers and contractors and certain health care workers, requires employees at companies with 100 or more workers to be vaccinated or tested weekly, lays […]
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Federal vaccination requirement will apply to about 1 in 3 Maine workers
About 170,000 Mainers work for companies with more than 100 employees and will be required to be inoculated or take weekly tests.
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Los Angeles to require vaccine for all students 12 and older
Board of education members overwhelmingly supported the plan, calling it a sound public health measure and a critical step to keep classrooms open for in-person learning.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Crushed by pandemic, conventions mount a cautious return
In-person meetings are on the rebound, but it could be several years – if ever – before conferences attract the crowds they did before COVID-19.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Airlines say rise in COVID-19 cases is hurting ticket sales
Industry executives anticipate that bookings will pick up as soon as case counts go down.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World, News
Biden issues sweeping new vaccine mandates affecting 100 million Americans
Telling the unvaccinated ‘your refusal has cost all of us,’ the president lays out plans to mandate vaccines for federal workers, require vaccinations or weekly tests for employees at companies with 100 or more workers, and lay the groundwork for booster shots.
Posted inLocal & State, Schools and Education
After nearly 20 COVID-19 cases in first week, Augusta schools prepared to move to remote learning if needed
Though not on the table yet, remote learning was discussed at Wednesday night’s Augusta school board meeting in case the district’s COVID-19 cases increase.