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PublishedDecember 28, 2023
Influenza cases in Maine nearly double in a week
Flu cases are climbing rapidly and are expected to peak sometime in January or February, said Maine CDC Director Dr. Puthiery Va.
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PublishedSeptember 26, 2023
Some insured people are being charged for COVID vaccines when they shouldn’t be
Patients with health insurance who paid for their vaccines should seek reimbursement.
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PublishedAugust 6, 2023
Massachusetts State Police must reinstate 7 troopers who refused to be vaccinated, arbitrator says
The arbitrator concluded State Police violated collective bargaining agreement in the way they handled the cases of eight troopers who cited religious grounds for refusing to take the vaccine.
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PublishedJuly 11, 2023
Maine proposes dropping COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers
The state's health department says the requirement achieved the intended benefit of savings lives, protecting health care capacity and limiting the spread of the virus. An industry that struggled with pandemic-era staffing shortages welcomes the change.
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PublishedJune 21, 2023
Maine’s childhood vaccination rate goes from one of nation’s lowest to one of the highest
Only medical exemptions to school-required vaccinations are permitted under the law that eliminated religious and philosophical opt-outs 2 years ago.
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PublishedMay 25, 2023
Court grants new life to lawsuit challenging Maine’s vaccine mandate for health care workers
Three judges on the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously reversed a lower court's decision to throw out a legal challenge to the state's COVID-19 mandate for health care workers.
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PublishedJanuary 12, 2023
U.S. kindergarten vaccination rate dropped again, data shows
Vaccination rates for U.S. kindergarteners are down again, and federal officials are launching a new campaign to try to bring them up
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PublishedDecember 8, 2022
House passes $858 billion defense bill, scrapping COVID vaccine mandate for military members
It now goes to the Senate, where it is expected to pass easily, then to the president to be signed into law.
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PublishedSeptember 20, 2022
Canada likely to drop vaccine requirement to enter
It is not immediately known whether the U.S. will make a similar move by Sept. 30.
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PublishedSeptember 20, 2022
Thousands of Maine people per day getting their booster doses
Supplies are 'sufficient, but limited,' says Maine CDC Director Dr. Nirav Shah.
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