The company, one of the largest makers of screening tests for the disease, has been scaling back as demand for the products has dwindled, laying off more than 800 people over the last 2 years.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Shah’s experience makes him right person to lead CDC at a crossroads
In Maine, Shah was a great communicator and a true public servant, which is just what the CDC needs.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Why does a rich country like ours have a high COVID-19 death rate?
Look to a country’s medical profile, not its national wealth, for protection against coronavirus mortality.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
In debt ceiling standoff, COVID era of big spending gives way to new focus on deficit
While the White House has threatened to veto Republican’s debt ceiling bill, the administration has signaled a willingness to consider other budget caps.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
End of COVID emergency highlights U.S. weakness in tracking outbreaks
The winding down of the Biden administration’s coronavirus response highlights long-standing vulnerabilities of system that fails to provide reliable information in disease outbreaks, experts warn.
Posted inHealth, Local & State
With COVID-19 public health emergency ending, Maine CDC website to stop updating vaccination numbers
The state will still update COVID-19 case counts, hospitalizations and deaths.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
WHO downgrades COVID pandemic, says it’s no longer global emergency
The pandemic has been on a downward trend for more than a year, and most countries have returned to life before COVID-19.
Posted inNation & World, News
U.S. to lift most federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates next week
Vaccine requirements for federal workers and federal contractors, as well as foreign air travelers to the U.S., will end May 11.
Posted inLocal & State
MaineHealth drops COVID-19 masking requirement
Masks are no longer required at MaineHealth or Northern Light Health medical facilities statewide, effectively putting an end to the emergency measure in most situations 3 years after the pandemic began.
Posted inHealth, Local & State
Northern Light Health drops universal masking policy in medical facilities
The move by Maine’s second largest health care network comes as the number of hospital patients with COVID-19 has dropped to the lowest level since August 2021.