Maine health care advocates cheer legislative victories

But their satisfaction at securing new MaineCare dental benefits, an insulin safety net and higher pay for direct care workers is tempered by failures to ban flavored tobacco and rein in drug prices.

COVID-19 cases are on the rise in Franklin County

The seven-day average per capita is up 114% from a week ago.

COVID-19 delta variant puts western and central Maine towns at risk

Public health officials have warned that the highly contagious strain of the disease could be a danger to unvaccinated populations, while emphasizing the vaccines' effectiveness in protecting against COVID-19.

Volunteer grieving group in central Maine continued support throughout pandemic

The group met virtually during the coronavirus pandemic and is looking to grow as in-person programming comes back as an option.

State reports 35 new cases of COVID-19 and 2 additional deaths

Meanwhile, the six Maine counties with the lowest vaccination rate are also the counties with the highest rates of new transmission over the last 28 days.

Of Maine’s 38 hospitals, staff at CMMC, St. Mary’s have the lowest vaccination rates in the state

Lewiston hospital officials acknowledge there is more work to be done, but warned the numbers do not represent the full picture.

Maine reports lowest case count since September, no additional deaths

Despite recording just 12 new cases Thursday, state health officials warn that a new variant could undermine progress by spreading among unvaccinated Mainers.

Another 20 COVID-19 cases, no new deaths reported in Maine

New case numbers continue to trend downward, although the pace of vaccinations against COVID-19 has plateaued.

Maine CDC reports 18 COVID-19 cases, no additional deaths

Labs have reported fewer than 100 new cases per day for more than two weeks, and the positive test rate fell below 1 percent for the first time since October.

Pandemic swells Medicaid enrollment to record 80 million people