Dr. Andy Mueller took the reins during a relentless pandemic, record opioid deaths and a workforce shortage bearing down on hospitals.
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Catching a flight? You’ll still need a mask
WASHINGTON — A federal mask mandate for airline passengers and transit riders will stay in place for at least three more weeks, despite steps Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to ease mask guidance in other settings across the country. A Transportation Security Administration order enforcing the mandate expires on March 18, […]
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Some Americans welcome new CDC mask guidance, others wary
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has announced that healthy people in most areas of the country can safely stop wearing masks as cases continue to fall.
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Hong Kong’s success in fending off COVID-19 comes back to haunt
For two years, Hong Kong insulated most of its residents from COVID-19. Then the omicron variant showed up.
Posted inLocal & State
Somerville man learning to walk again following 3-month COVID-19 hospitalization
Andrew Hisler, 61, was unvaccinated when he contracted COVID-19 in November, and now wishes he had gotten the vaccine sooner.
Posted inLocal & State
COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to decline in Maine
But the state reported 22 additional deaths from the coronavirus on Saturday, bringing the pandemic total to 2,064.
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Many healthy Americans, including students in school, can take a break from masks, CDC says
Most of Maine remains at high risk under the new guidelines and masks are still recommended indoors in 13 of the state’s 16 counties.
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COVID-stricken New Hampshire mom reunites with baby 2 months after birth
Two weeks before her Dec. 7 due date, Macenzee Keller of Manchester was hospitalized with COVID-19.
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Most of Maine remains in ‘high’ risk category under new federal mask guidelines
Three counties – Kennebec, Waldo and Somerset – have been reclassified as ‘medium’ risk counties, meaning masks are recommended for certain at-risk groups and considered a personal choice for most people.
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CDC to significantly ease pandemic mask guidelines Friday
The new policy comes as the Biden administration moves to shift its focus to preventing serious illness and death from COVID-19, rather than all instances of infection.