Neither President Joe Biden nor first lady Jill Biden was considered a ‘close contact’ of Vice President Kamala Harris in recent days.
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State to repay inmates for seized unemployment benefits
About 50 incarcerated people will receive the money taken two years ago amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Maine reports 569 new cases of COVID-19 over a 3-day period
There were two additional deaths reported over the period covering Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
Pass urgent COVID funding or more will die, White House says
After two years at the front of the line for COVID-19 vaccines and treatments, the U.S. could soon have to begin taking a number.
COVID-19 hospitalizations increase sharply in Maine
Still, public health experts are not projecting a return to the winter surges that the omicron wave caused in Maine and the U.S.
Researchers hunt for improvements in COVID-19 vaccines
Updating the vaccine recipe to match the latest variants is risky, because the next mutant could be completely unrelated.
COVID-19 hospitalizations increase by 12 in Maine
School officials are watching COVID trends as students return from spring break at the same time cases have been rising throughout Northeast.
With mask order lifted, few options for bus riders with health worries
While omicron has faded, coronavirus case counts are pointing up.
Boris Johnson causing more trouble for Tories with another partygate probe
He now faces a third inquiry into the matter – this time on whether he lied to Parliament.
Hospitalizations hold steady as Maine reports 317 new COVID-19 cases
The state has been hovering around 100 hospitalizations for more than a month, even as caseloads have risen sharply.