More than 93 million Americans have received at least one dose and over 51 million are fully inoculated.
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Biden urges state mask mandates as CDC director warns of ‘impending doom’
After CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky makes an impassioned plea to Americans not to let their guard down, President Biden appeals to state and local leaders to reinstate mask-wearing requirements if they have eased them.
Passenger vehicle travel rebounding to pre-pandemic levels
Americans may be rounding a corner in their response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Federal judge dismisses lawsuit over unemployment benefits for prisoners
The state reversed itself and withheld unemployment benefits for prison inmates who were not allowed to continue work-release jobs during the pandemic.
Letter: Balentine doesn’t recognize trade-offs in pandemic measures taken
In his column in the March 24 Forecaster, John Balentine excoriates Gov. Mills for the measures that she has taken to try to contain the COVID-19 pandemic and praises “so-called red states led by competent, brave Republican governors” for staying open (“Restore sanity, reject Mills, reopen Maine”). Mr. Balentine should at least have the grace […]
WHO report says animals likely source of COVID
White House press secretary Jen Psaki says 17 experts from seven different U.S. government organizations will be reviewing the findings.
Feuds, fibs and finger-pointing: Trump officials say coronavirus response was worse than known
‘People really believed in the White House that testing was driving cases, rather than testing was a way for us to stop cases.’
In photos: Portraits of newly vaccinated Mainers
Thousands of adults in Maine are being vaccinated every week, and the state’s COVID-19 vaccination program will be getting a substantial boost this week, with 10,010 additional doses, a 28 percent increase. On Thursday, a vaccine clinic was held at the Waterboro Fire Department, where Northern Light Health employees administered about 130 Moderna vaccine doses, most of them second doses for older Mainers. These portraits, taken by Press Herald staff photographer Brianna Soukup, are of just a handful of the people who came to receive their vaccine that day.
Portland publisher puts out book of pandemic poetry from Maine
Littoral Books will release ‘Wait: Poems from the Pandemic’ in the first week of April.
Here is a detailed picture of vaccination across the country – see where your county stands
The data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows the success in vaccination in Native American areas.