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Published
September 2, 2022

New COVID-19 booster shots coming to Maine

Maine is expected to receive 80,500 doses of new omicron-targeting booster shots within the next 2 weeks.
Published
August 23, 2022

Maine fares better than most despite slip in life expectancy

Life expectancy declined in Maine in 2020, but 47 other states were hit harder during the pandemic's first year.
Published
August 18, 2022

CDC head reflects on pandemic response at Freeport forum

Maine CDC Director Dr. Nirav Shah and global health expert Kara Palamountain discussed the current state of the pandemic and other public health topics at a Freeport talk Wednesday evening.
Published
July 22, 2022

York County man has 1st confirmed monkeypox case in Maine

The disease had been spreading in other New England states and across the country.
Published
April 17, 2022

The View From Here: Take it from me – don’t get COVID

But the Maine CDC’s Dr. Shah says that we can look forward to better days of living with a virus that has dominated our lives for two years.

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Published
March 9, 2022

‘It’s crazy to see everyone’s faces’: Maine public school students take off masks

For the first time in about two years, masking became optional Wednesday in all Maine public schools under state and federal guidelines. Portland's schools plan to go mask-optional Monday.
Published
February 28, 2022

Some Maine schools to ditch masks while others wait for state guidance

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention relaxed masking guidelines Friday, but Maine officials have yet to indicate whether state recommendations will change.
Published
February 23, 2022

Second case of avian flu detected in backyard birds in Knox County

The first case was confirmed on Sunday and the second on Wednesday; the USDA conducted tests and found the presence of the H5N1 strain in both flocks of birds.
Published
February 21, 2022

COVID hospitalizations in Maine cut in half since omicron peak last month

As of Monday, 216 people were hospitalized with the virus in Maine, the lowest total since Nov. 9.
Published
February 16, 2022

COVID-19 hospitalizations in Maine drop to a three-month low

The state reported 9 more deaths on Wednesday even as hospitals‘ patient numbers continue to drop.