The new graduates participated in the Maine Track partnership between Maine Medical Center and Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston.
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Maine CDC Director Dr. Nirav Shah to deliver UNE commencement address
Maine’s top public health official is scheduled to address University of New England graduates at the school’s 186th commencement exercises on May 15-16.
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Bates extends lockdown two more days to stop COVID-19 spread
Students will have been kept mostly in their rooms for at least 12 days. to fight against ‘relatively large outbreak.’
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As COVID-19 vaccinations rise, new cases decline in Maine, but connection unclear
Dr. Nirav Shah of the Maine CDC says ‘one hypothesis’ is that vaccines and immunity acquired through exposure to the disease are combining to suppress the virus.
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How Maine weathered the second surge – and what lies ahead
Maine dodged the worst of COVID-19 last spring and summer, but the virus got the upper hand as the seasons changed. Now the race is on to vaccinate our way clear of mutant strains.
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COVID-19 hospitalizations in Maine hit lowest levels since November
Patient counts continued to fall or remain flat at most of Maine’s hospitals as the U.S. experiences a modest reprieve from the virus’s onslaught.
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Maine aims to begin vaccinating 65- to 69-year-olds for COVID-19 in early March
Gov. Janet Mills says the state expects to have two-thirds of Mainers age 70 and older vaccinated by the first week of March.
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Threat of COVID-19 variants adds urgency to vaccination campaign
Health experts say it’s inevitable that variants will arrive in Maine, and double masking is a good way to reduce the risk of transmitting the more infectious forms.
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As Walgreens lags in vaccinations, Maine shifts doses to independent pharmacies
For the third week in a row, the Maine CDC gave independent pharmacies thousands of doses while Walgreens and CVS, national chains with a federal contract, weren’t allocated any.
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Lewiston hospitals see record levels of virus inpatients, while numbers stay flat or fall elsewhere
There’s no clear explanation for the shifting geography of hospitalizations, the Maine CDC says.