The Biden administration’s campaign to boost Americans ahead of an expected winter wave is lagging, with about 11 percent of people having gotten a bivalent booster.
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State’s top health officials encourage Mainers to stock up on at-home COVID tests ahead of holidays
Every Maine household is eligible to receive a free, at-home COVID-19 test kit every month. Each kit contains five rapid tests.
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China says it’s refining COVID-19 rules, not relaxing controls
The nation’s assets surged Friday as investors cheered a potential shift away from the virus approach that’s exacting a growing social and economic toll.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World, News
COVID hospitalizations are rising in kids under 6 months, CDC Director says
COVID isn’t the only threat young children face this fall and winter. U.S. health systems and children’s hospitals are currently grappling with a wave of respiratory viruses.
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U.S. flu season off to a fast start as other viruses spread
Reports of flu are already high in 17 states, and the hospitalization rate hasn’t been this high this early since the 2009 swine flu pandemic.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Pfizer says new booster shot increases omicron-fighting antibodies
Questions persist about the vaccine’s continued effectiveness against a swarm of later-generation versions of omicron.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World, News, Politics
Sen. Rand Paul says U.S. botched COVID. He could soon lead probes of it.
The Kentucky Republican, a fierce critic of the pandemic response, is in line to chair Senate health panel if GOP wins control.
Posted inHealth, Local & State
Soaring RSV cases raise fears about hospital capacity with COVID rising and flu looming
Public health experts are fretting about a “tri-demic” where RSV, influenza and COVID-19 strain the health care system.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, Schools and Education
Schools prepare for more illness after outbreak at Cape Elizabeth
School districts in southern Maine are focusing on mitigation strategies as federal health officials predict the worst flu season in 13 years.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: What parents can do as RSV spikes among children
This winter we’re facing a triple threat of viral disease.