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PublishedOctober 12, 2021
Central Maine Healthcare curtailing services, asking for flexibility as employee vaccine mandate looms
The Lewiston-based hospital system says it will have to scale back neonatal intensive care, trauma and pediatric care because employees are refusing the vaccine, but Gov. Mills defends the mandate as necessary to protect patients and health care workers.
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PublishedOctober 10, 2021
COVID-19 is more dangerous for pregnant women, but only a minority are vaccinated
While the CDC urges pregnant women to get vaccinated because of their lower immune system response, only about 33% have been fully vaccinated, according to CDC data.
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PublishedOctober 8, 2021
Rate of new COVID infections slows as surge eases in parts of the state
There were 467 new cases and 4 additional deaths of people with the virus, the state reported Friday.
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PublishedOctober 7, 2021
Hospitalizations decline even as COVID-19 cases and school outbreaks continue to mount
Cases remain high in Maine even as transmission has slowed in other parts of the country. But hospitalizations have decreased by 30% over the last 2 weeks.
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PublishedOctober 6, 2021
September was the worst month of the pandemic for Franklin County
Franklin County saw more new cases in September than any other month since COVID-19 surfaced in Maine.
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PublishedOctober 5, 2021
Johnson & Johnson requests FDA approval for COVID booster shot
Johnson & Johnson is the third drug-maker to submit a request for booster approval after Moderna and Pfizer.
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PublishedOctober 5, 2021
COVID-19 vaccinations may have saved lives of 100 Maine seniors in first 5 months, study says
The federal study released Tuesday came as Maine reported 897 new cases of COVID-19 and 10 deaths over three days.
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PublishedOctober 4, 2021
Doctors nationwide growing frustrated over COVID-19 denial, misinformation
Front-line medical workers are growing weary of COVID-19 denial and misinformation in treating unvaccinated patients during the delta-driven surge.
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PublishedOctober 1, 2021
One in 4 companies nationwide have instituted vaccine mandate since Biden order
Biden's Sept. 9 directive has sent employers scrambling to come up with plans to adhere to the new rules.
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PublishedOctober 1, 2021
Justice Kavanaugh tests positive for COVID-19
He was the only one of the nine Supreme Court justices to skip Friday's ceremonial swearing-in for Amy Coney Barrett, an event that itself was delayed nearly a year because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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