The Food and Drug Administration cites months of real-world evidence that serious side effects are extremely rare.
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Maine kindergarten vaccination rate rises
Fewer parents sought religious and philosophical exemptions last year, and a new law that takes effect this year that bans all but medical exemptions.
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Maine Voices: We’re not guessing about safety, effectiveness of COVID vaccines
They’ve been put to the test by duly skeptical scientists, and the findings are unmistakable: They save lives.
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Teacher vaccination mandates enacted in some states, but not in the works in Maine
Superintendents and teachers union representatives in several Maine districts said they aren’t discussing vaccination mandates and many believe the staff vaccination rate is high enough to make mandates unnecessary.
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Texas Lt. Gov. falsely says Black people are driving COVID surge in Texas
While vaccination rates are low among Black Texans, the highest coronavirus case rates are among Whites and Hispanics, who make up 34.9% and 35.8% of the state’s cases respectively.
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Positive test rate for COVID-19 increases as Maine reports another 185 cases
Transmission remains high throughout much of the state and country.
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20,000 students in Mississippi quarantined after COVID exposure
The state has the nation’s second-lowest vaccination rate.
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Maine reports 182 new cases, with decline in Cumberland County
Cumberland County, the state’s most populous and highly-vaccinated county, had its risk designation lowered from ‘substantial’ to ‘moderate’ Thursday.
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Parents in southern Maine are excited, yet wary of COVID, as school year approaches
The delta variant and rising case numbers have raised fresh concerns for some parents, while others are eager for more in-school time and feel confident in schools’ reopening plans.
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Texas school district sidesteps governor’s mask ban by adding them to its dress code
The Paris Independent School District announced that the district would include the masks in the dress code after its board of trustees expressed ‘concern about the health and safety of its students and employees.’