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Vaccines

Published
February 21, 2020

Maine Voices: State mandate will benefit vaccine makers, not Maine families

Schoolchildren could be expelled if parents refuse immunizations, while health care professionals could lose their jobs.
Published
February 19, 2020

Maine reports first flu-related death of child in 2019-20 season

The child was younger than 5 and had not been vaccinated.
Published
February 16, 2020

The Maine Millennial: Don’t forget that vaccines save lives

When Mainers go to the polls March 3, public health will be on the ballot.
Published
February 12, 2020

Economic toll mounts as world hunts for vaccine against coronavirus

Several existing medications will be tested to see if they can be used to treat Covid-19, as the disease is known, the World Health Organization says.
Published
February 10, 2020

Pharmaceutical companies fund ad campaign to support Maine’s new vaccine law

A lobbying firm is spending $476,000 for TV ads defending the law against a repeal vote on the March 3 ballot, prompting opponents of the law to say the funding is an effort by Big Pharma to control Maine's vaccine policy.

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Published
February 10, 2020

Maine Voices: Polio survivor urges ‘no’ vote on Question 1

No new medical advance has prevented more suffering than the increased use of vaccines.
Published
January 31, 2020

Citing coronavirus, Mills urges voters to uphold Maine’s new vaccine law

Maine's governor uses her weekly radio address to attack a citizens' veto effort that would overturn the state's new law to eliminate non-medical exemptions for childhood vaccines.
Published
December 16, 2019

Our View: What’s at stake in March’s referendum on vaccination

Liberal use of exemptions has left Maine vulnerable to outbreaks of debilitating – and sometimes deadly – infectious diseases.
Published
October 17, 2019

Opponents of new vaccine law will get their shot at overturning it at the polls

Maine's secretary of state has certified the voter signatures on a petition that calls for voters to decide on the law ending religious and philosophical exemptions for childhood vaccines.
Published
October 17, 2019

Seniors find high-dose flu vaccines hard to come by

Health officials say the shortage is only temporary and supplies of the high-dose shots often used by seniors will be available soon.