Health care
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PublishedDecember 10, 2020
How do the vaccines work?
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PublishedDecember 10, 2020
Bishop urges Maine Catholics to receive COVID vaccine, allaying concerns about use of fetal tissue
Some Catholics have questioned whether they should be vaccinated if tissue from aborted fetuses was used to develop or test the COVID-19 vaccines.
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PublishedDecember 10, 2020
Lewiston police COVID-19 cases up to 16
Fifteen officers and one staffer have tested positive.
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PublishedDecember 9, 2020
Mainers urged to stay vigilant as vaccines arrive, and for a long time afterward
People who are injected with the vaccines still may be able to harbor and spread the disease, one reason face masks could be part of American life well into 2021, and maybe beyond.
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PublishedDecember 8, 2020
Facing pressure, state lab to stop processing COVID-19 tests for hospitals
Six hospitals rely on the Maine CDC lab almost exclusively, while others do so in times of surging demand.
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PublishedDecember 8, 2020
U.S. regulators confirm Pfizer vaccine strongly protective against COVID-19
U.S. health regulators posted a positive review of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine as they near a decision on whether to allow use of the shot.
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PublishedDecember 8, 2020
‘Route out’ of pandemic: U.K. gives 1st COVID-19 vaccine doses
A retired British shop clerk received the first shot in the country’s COVID-19 vaccination program, signaling the start of a global immunization effort intended to offer a route out of a pandemic that has killed 1.5 million.
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PublishedDecember 7, 2020
Pfizer says it can’t supply more vaccine to U.S. until summer because of sales to other nations
The Trump administration's Operation Warp Speed declined last summer to lock in another 100 million vaccine doses.
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PublishedDecember 4, 2020
Maine to receive first allotment of vaccines in series of shipments
The first round of shipments, totaling 72,925 doses destined for front-line health care workers and long-term care residents, will include both Pfizer and Moderna products, the Maine CDC says.
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PublishedDecember 4, 2020
COVID-19 patient numbers return to peak at Maine Med, surge at other hospitals
Statewide hospitalizations hit an all-time high of 144 Thursday, though only 43 were in intensive care, a healthier ratio than at other times in the past two weeks.
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