In an extraordinary series of letters to the editor, older physicians remind us what’s at stake on March 3.
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Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
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.
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Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
Maine reports first flu-related death of child in 2019-20 season
The child was younger than 5 and had not been vaccinated.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
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.
Posted inNation & World, Uncategorized
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.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News, Politics
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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Maine Voices: Polio survivor urges ‘no’ vote on Question 1
No new medical advance has prevented more suffering than the increased use of vaccines.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News, Politics
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.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
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.
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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.