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Health, Nation & World

Pfizer says 3 low-dose COVID shots protect children under 5

by LAURAN NEERGAARD Associated Press May 23, 2022May 23, 2022

The 18 million children under 5 are the only group in the U.S. not yet eligible for COVID-19 vaccination.

Local & State

Maine COVID hospitalizations continue to decline

by Staff Report May 23, 2022May 23, 2022

The number of hospital patients with COVID-19 has dropped 12 percent since last week.

Health, Nation & World

WHO chief: The COVID pandemic is ‘most certainly not over’

by Associated Press May 22, 2022

Despite a decline in reported cases, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says of the virus, “It’s not over anywhere until it’s over everywhere.’

Local & State

COVID-19 hospitalizations in Maine decline

by Bonnie Washuk May 22, 2022May 22, 2022

The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported 205 patients on Sunday, down from 214 the day before.

Maine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion

Maine Voices: Just another statistic – why I’ve chosen to leave the medical profession

by Kristin K. Jhamb Special to the Telegram May 22, 2022May 20, 2022

The pandemic was a breaking point for those of us who practiced medicine day in and day out in a pared-down environment where colleagues and staff were burning out and demoralized

Nation & World

U.S. has risk of vaccine, treatment rationing without more funding

by ZEKE MILLER Associated Press May 21, 2022

The country has spent nearly all of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan that was dedicated directly to COVID-19 response.

Buffalo-Supermarket Shooting-Accepting Death

Nation & World

COVID-19, shootings: Is mass death now accepted in U.S.?

by MICHELLE R. SMITH Associated Press May 21, 2022

‘We will tolerate an enormous amount of carnage, suffering and death in the U.S., because we have over the past two years. We have over our history,’ one analyst says.

Local & State