Infections and hospitalizations in Maine have been holding steady after steep declines in February.
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Posted inLocal & State, Schools and Education
Readfield-area high school to go remote due to staff shortages from uptick in COVID-19 cases
School officials can’t figure out what caused the spike, and so far only Maranacook Community High School has been impacted.
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Posted inNation & World, News
Biden receives second booster, presses Congress on virus funds
The president used the occasion Wednesday to call on Congress to pass billions of dollars in additional funding to fight the pandemic.
Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
After delay, Brunswick School Board lifts pre-K mask mandate
On March 23, the Brunswick School Board voted unanimously to lift the district’s pre-K mask mandate, reversing its March 9 decision.
Posted inLocal & State
Maine’s COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations hold steady as more vaccine boosters are approved
Additional booster shots are now approved for everyone who is 50 and older or immunocompromised and for anyone who received the J&J vaccine.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
If you got J&J vaccine, consider two mRNA booster shots, data suggest
A new study shows that 3 doses of a messenger RNA vaccine perform the best, while a Johnson & Johnson vaccine followed by a messenger RNA booster shot is next best.
Posted inNation & World, News
FDA authorizes another booster shot of Pfizer or Moderna vaccine for people 50 and older
The question is whether everyone who’s eligible should rush out and get it.
Posted inHealth, Local & State
COVID-19 hospitalizations hold steady as Maine reports 454 cases from weekend
Omicron BA.2, a subvariant that is more contagious and now the dominant strain nationally, makes up 10.4 percent of positive tests sampled in Maine.
Posted inNation & World
China’s biggest lockdown in 2 years starts in Shanghai
The nation calls its ‘zero-tolerance’ approach the most economical and effective prevention strategy against COVID-19.
Posted inLocal & State
COVID-19 hospitalizations hold steady after steep drop
After declining steadily for weeks, hospital patient counts have ranged from 89 to 96 per day since March 19.