Elsewhere in Canada, vehicles rolled out of a southern Alberta town and ended a blockade that paralyzed a United States border crossing into Montana for more than 2 weeks.
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Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
COVID case numbers jump as state begins clearing test backlog
The new data does not represent current pandemic conditions, which are continuing to improve.
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Posted inNation & World
Texas man was anti-vaccine. Then his pregnant wife got COVID, and he faced a terrible choice.
‘When you sit there and you see your wife on life support because of COVID, you throw out politics,’ Chris Crouch said in the ordeal’s aftermath. ‘None of that matters anymore.’
Posted inTimes Record
Bath could keep or repeal city’s mask mandate
As of Monday, Mid Coast Hospital was treating four patients for COVID-19, consistent with the recent downward trend of hospitalizations statewide.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Burnout, staffing shortages bog down veterinary clinics
Many animal hospitals in central Maine have delays in seeing customers or are not taking on new ones thanks to the pandemic’s impact.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
Scientists seeking universal coronavirus vaccine
They are inventing shots designed to foster an immunity wall that will repel the known variants and those yet to emerge.
Posted inLocal & State
COVID-19 hospitalizations, positive test rate continue sliding in Maine
School leaders and Maine health officials are discussing changes to mask policies and other pandemic guidelines as the omicron surge recedes.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Canada’s Trudeau invokes emergency powers to quell protests
Demonstrators are paralyzing the capital city of Ottawa and blocking border crossings.
Posted inThe Forecaster
Letter: Balentine’s attacks on governor without merit
In his column on the ineffectiveness of COVID lockdowns, Mr. Balentine relies on a study that he acknowledges is not peer-reviewed (“Here’s Something: COVID lockdown story points to media’s failings,” Feb. 9). That study may or may not be persuasive when tested by peers. However, Mr. Balentine’s attacks on Gov. Mills’ attempts – based inevitably […]
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Letter: Source of Balentine’s COVID-media column misleading
John Balentine got one thing right (a new personal record for him) in the COVID lockdown story that points to the media’s failings (“Here’s Something: COVID lockdown story points to media’s failings,” Feb. 9). He’s right, I hadn’t heard of the explosive relevance of a Johns Hopkins study disproving the effectiveness of vaccines and masking. […]