With vaccinations ramping up and state officials easing pandemic restrictions, Maine is hoping to return to somewhat of a normal summer.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine has been tested in year of COVID
Twelve months since the state’s first case, we are among the safest in the country – with much work left to do.
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Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
Nursing home gains threatened by lack of vaccine, unvaccinated workers
As COVID-19 cases ebb and long-term care facilities resume in-person visits, concern is growing that these are precarious gains without continued vaccine allocations and fully inoculated staffs.
Posted inBill Nemitz, Local & State, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine’s Roman Catholic bishop has spoken. Was anyone listening?
The use of fetus-derived cells to develop COVID-19 vaccines is not a debate worth having at this pivotal moment.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News, Times Record
Summer in Maine just might be close to ‘normal’ this year
Public health experts are cautious, but with widespread vaccination the virus may be under enough control that activities can return closer to what they were before the pandemic.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Jim Fossel: Don’t use federal aid to grow Maine’s government
Republicans in Augusta should insist that COVID relief money is targeted to replace lost revenue, not to fund new programs.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: In my last year of teaching, I ‘lost’ a student
The children most at risk before COVID are affected even more now. If you know of a child who is not engaged in school, please speak up.
Posted inNation & World
‘Vaxi Taxi’ in U.K. takes stab at reducing vaccine disparity
Activists are trying to remove vaccination barriers, including providing rides for populations that are lagging behind.
Posted inNation & World
Tennessee panel deemed vaccinating inmates a ‘PR nightmare’
It’s an issue facing states nationwide: whether to prioritize a population seen by many at best as an afterthought, separate from the public, and at worst as undeserving.
Posted inLocal & State, Politics
Maine senators split on $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill
Sen. Angus King says the coronavirus has ‘devastated’ the country and inaction was too costly, while Sen. Susan Collins criticizes Democrats for not embracing her much smaller alternative plan.