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COVID-19

Published
December 12, 2022

Cumberland-based SAD 51 latest to be hit by illness

The district for Cumberland and North Yarmouth is holding remote classes for students in prekindergarten through eighth grade on Tuesday because of a surge in illness affecting 270 of its 2,100 students.
Published
December 8, 2022

House passes $858 billion defense bill, scrapping COVID vaccine mandate for military members

It now goes to the Senate, where it is expected to pass easily, then to the president to be signed into law.
Published
December 4, 2022

COVID hospitalizations rising post-Thanksgiving after an autumn lull

Hospitals are already under strain from RSV and the flu.
Published
December 1, 2022

China eases virus controls amid effort to head off protests

But many of the rules that brought people into the streets of Shanghai, Beijing and at least six other cities remain in force.
Published
November 22, 2022

CDC study: Omicron-specific boosters show modest benefit compared to earlier vaccines

The Biden administration's campaign to boost Americans ahead of an expected winter wave is lagging, with about 11 percent of people having gotten a bivalent booster.

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Published
November 18, 2022

State’s top health officials encourage Mainers to stock up on at-home COVID tests ahead of holidays

Every Maine household is eligible to receive a free, at-home COVID-19 test kit every month. Each kit contains five rapid tests.
Published
November 15, 2022

COVID-19 outbreak at Massachusetts veterans home results in $58 million settlement

The class-action lawsuit came after 84 residents died and roughly the same number were sickened.
Published
October 26, 2022

Biden officials worry pandemic exhaustion could lead to bad COVID winter

Health officials privately worry about limited funds, worn-out front-line health workers and the dwindling receptivity of many Americans to COVID-19 precautions.
Published
September 28, 2022

Wastewater data suggests creeping COVID-19 levels in Midcoast

Though COVID-19 case counts have remained flat, wastewater data suggests concentrations of the virus are on the rise in Brunswick and Bath.
Published
September 22, 2022

Portland City Council weighs options for remaining $11.2 million in COVID relief funds

Funding a proposed affordable housing development in East Deering is a top priority, but they'll have to act fast.