The bill requires the declassification of as much information as possible on potential links between the Wuhan Institute of Virology and the origin of COVID-19.

Officials say the 2022 maternal death rate is on track to get close to pre-pandemic levels. But that's not great: The rate before COVID-19 was the highest it had been in decades.

Long after Maine's first case of coronavirus, communal activities and gatherings are reaching pre-pandemic levels again, though troubling remnants of isolation persist.

U.S. intelligence agencies are divided over whether a lab leak or a spillover from animals is the likely source of the deadly virus.

The system is still encouraging community members to get vaccinated and boosted.

Republicans broaden investigation into pandemic origin in wake of new minority assessment, even as other agencies still lean toward 'natural' outbreak.

President Biden in May 2021 asked intelligence agencies to probe the origins of the virus, but they were unable to reach a consensus.

Did COVID-19 originate in animals or leak from a Chinese lab?

Even in small exchanges, Saturdayborn had a capacity 'to remind students how amazing it is that we get to be alive' her daughter said.

A federal mandate for health care workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19 has been in place nationally for a year.

The pandemic has added to the shortage and burnout of health care workers. Still, cause exists for some optimism: For one thing, there is bipartisan interest in tackling this issue.

Lawmakers who negotiated the payments say they believed the pandemic-era aid would be tax-free, but a Maine Revenue Service official says no such assurance was made.

Hundreds of thousands of students who have dropped off public school rolls since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic are unaccounted for.

Even though some taxpayers already have filed, the state is one of nearly two dozen where federal officials have yet to determine whether the payments are taxable.

Despite objections from public health advocates, a legislative committee voted Wednesday in favor of permanently legalizing the pandemic-era practice of to-go cocktails, wine, and beer.

The system president says high vaccination rates in the state and improved outcomes for people who contract COVID-19 played a role in the decision.

Nirav Shah, director of Maine's Center for Disease Control and Prevention, will be second in command at the U.S. CDC starting next month.

The company, which expects demand for COVID tests to ebb, said no changes are currently planned for permanent workers at its Westbrook site.

For some Americans, battles over masks, vaccines and mandates are well in the past. For the GOP base, they're still a fiery issue.

The Biden administration had previously considered ending the emergency last year, but held off amid concerns about a potential 'winter surge' in cases.

The Food and Drug Administration asked its scientific advisers Thursday to help lay the groundwork for switching to once-a-year boosters for most Americans.

New CDC data shows updated boosters are cutting risk of getting sick from the coronavirus by about half.

U.S. health officials want to make COVID-19 vaccinations more like the annual flu shot.

The proposed change is designed to reduce the complexity of the vaccine regimen for the public, doctors and manufacturers.

The ACLU of Maine joined eight affiliates and the national organization this week in a letter to the U.S. Department of the Treasury requesting the investigation.

Hong Kong, which once had some of the world's strictest COVID-19 rules, has been easing various restrictions to revive its economy.

People came together at the Marshall’s vaccination site in Sanford to create an invaluable resource for the community in the pandemic. Not every rural community was so fortunate.

Dr. Nirav Shah, director of the Maine CDC, said a wall of immunity should help prevent the outbreaks experienced last winter.

A record 104,000 people missed work in October 2022 because of child care problems, surpassing early pandemic levels.

The U.S., Japan and some other countries are requiring travelers from China to show a negative test before allowing them to enter, and Taiwan has said it will quarantine positive cases.

EU health officials promise to continue talks on seeking a common approach.

A study finds that almost all residents have developed antibodies against the virus that causes COVID-19.

Meanwhile, Japan announces restrictions on visitors from the country as infections surge.

MaineHealth is participating in a national study of long COVID patients that many hope will lead to cures.

Biden ultimately accepted Republican demands in order to win passage of the legislation agreeing with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin that lifting the mandate was not in the best interests of the military.

Rare bacterial infections, such as invasive strep A, are popping up around the United States and Europe, with unusual effects for children.

Fewer than half of all nursing home residents in the United States have received the latest coronavirus vaccine booster shot.

Maine reported 3,275 new cases of flu on Tuesday.

Doctors and other experts say the problem could persist through the winter cold-and-flu season but should not last as long as other recent shortages of baby formula.

The surge comes as the government last week dramatically relaxed some of the world’s strictest containment measures.

There will be several events around southern Maine during the eight-day holiday, which begins at sundown on Sunday.

Since the pandemic began, employment of people with disabilities is up nearly 25%, to more than 7.3 million workers last month, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

COVID-19 cases have shown a marked increase after Thanksgiving, and further increases are projected from Christmas and New Year's.

But the nation is seeing a rapid rise in new infections, raising concerns that its health system could be overwhelmed.

The district for Cumberland and North Yarmouth is holding remote classes for students in prekindergarten through eighth grade on Tuesday because of a surge in illness affecting 270 of its 2,100 students.

Hospitalizations for people with COVID-19 rose by more than 30% in two weeks.

Anthony S. Fauci, a public face of the government's response to the coronavirus pandemic, said he's alarmed by the harassment of his wife and children.

The agency also cleared an updated shot of the coronavirus vaccine by Pfizer and its German partner, BioNTech, for children 6 months through 4 years old.

Over 26 million people in Shanghai were confined for two months in one of the country's strictest and most visible lockdowns.