Maine schools are using a one-time windfall in federal relief to add positions, buses, improving ventilation and technology.
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Hospital leaders plead with Mainers to get shots, as beds fill up with unvaccinated patients
Maine reported 390 new COVID-19 cases Thursday and 133 people hospitalized, the highest numbers since early May.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: In response to delta variant, FDA must fast-track COVID vaccine for kids under 12
Faster authorization will save tens of thousands of child hospitalizations, hundreds of child deaths and, through reduced spread, thousands of adult lives.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Losing patience with Maine’s COVID surge
Even the usually reassuring Dr. Nirav Shah is telling us that things are bad and are going to get worse.
Posted inNation & World
Man gets 6 years in prison for plot to kidnap Michigan governor
Ty Garbin, who was upset over coronavirus restrictions, said he and 5 other men trained at his property, constructing a ‘shoot house’ to resemble Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s vacation home and ‘assaulting it with firearms.’
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Maine to distribute municipal COVID-19 relief funding soon
The Mills administration says the state has already received $59.6 million of more than $119 million in federal aid it is making available to counties, cities and towns.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Delta Air Lines will make unvaccinated employees pay surcharge for health insurance
The airline says it also will stop extending pay protection to unvaccinated workers who contract COVID-19, and will require unvaccinated workers to be tested weekly.
Posted inNation & World
New York Gov. Hochul adds 12,000 deaths to publicized COVID tally
Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo apparently took strides to keep the official numbers down.
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J&J says COVID-19 booster shot triggered an antibody surge
Health experts around the world are engaged in a debate about when COVID-19 vaccine booster shots will be needed, and who should get them first.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: How this enslaved man’s story could persuade more Black Americans to get vaccinated
Highlighting the historic role of an African man named Onesimus, who introduced the idea of inoculation in early America, offers a source of pride.