The state will offer “catch-up” clinics at nine different public health nursing offices, beginning Monday.
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Posted inNation & World
UK coronavirus vaccine prompts immune response in early test
The report in the British medical journal The Lancet suggested that so far the vaccine appeared safe and was able to conjure a promising immune response.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Lawmakers right to tweak Maine’s vaccine law
Voters overwhelmingly support immunization requirements, but diseases can’t spread among online-only students.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Mainers made the right choice on vaccine law
We can be thankful that a strong majority of voters support sound science on disease prevention.
Posted inLocal & State
Follow the Money: See who is donating in Maine’s vaccine referendum
This searchable database includes all donations through Feb. 21, 2020 to three Maine political action committees that are raising money for their campaigns on Question 1 on the March 3 ballot. A “yes” vote on the question would be a vote to repeal a new law that ends religious and philosophical exemptions for childhood vaccinations, […]
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Don’t be fooled by anti-vaccination Maine referendum campaign
Question 1 has nothing to do with stopping Big Pharma or most of the other talking points pushed by its backers.
Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: Non-medical vaccine opt-outs put community at risk
The weakness of vaccination programs is that that they make people forget how bad communicable diseases can be.
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Letter to the Editor: Government should not require vaccination
Personal opinions shouldn’t usurp the choices of others, a reader says.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: I used to be against vaccines. This is how I changed my mind.
People who were truly willing to listen to my fears helped me understand the science behind immunization.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
Measles making comeback on widening anti-vaccine movement
‘Vaccine hesitancy,’ despite evidence refuting a 1998 claim that linked the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine to autism, is slowing attempts to stop children from dying from preventable diseases.