coronavirus
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PublishedMay 13, 2023
In debt ceiling standoff, COVID era of big spending gives way to new focus on deficit
While the White House has threatened to veto Republican’s debt ceiling bill, the administration has signaled a willingness to consider other budget caps.
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PublishedMay 10, 2023
End of COVID emergency highlights U.S. weakness in tracking outbreaks
The winding down of the Biden administration’s coronavirus response highlights long-standing vulnerabilities of system that fails to provide reliable information in disease outbreaks, experts warn.
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PublishedMay 5, 2023
With COVID-19 public health emergency ending, Maine CDC website to stop updating vaccination numbers
The state will still update COVID-19 case counts, hospitalizations and deaths.
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PublishedMay 5, 2023
WHO downgrades COVID pandemic, says it’s no longer global emergency
The pandemic has been on a downward trend for more than a year, and most countries have returned to life before COVID-19.
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PublishedMay 1, 2023
U.S. to lift most federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates next week
Vaccine requirements for federal workers and federal contractors, as well as foreign air travelers to the U.S., will end May 11.
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PublishedApril 26, 2023
MaineHealth drops COVID-19 masking requirement
Masks are no longer required at MaineHealth or Northern Light Health medical facilities statewide, effectively putting an end to the emergency measure in most situations 3 years after the pandemic began.
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PublishedApril 20, 2023
Northern Light Health drops universal masking policy in medical facilities
The move by Maine's second largest health care network comes as the number of hospital patients with COVID-19 has dropped to the lowest level since August 2021.
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PublishedApril 18, 2023
FDA approves second omicron booster for people at high risk from COVID
The shots would be available for people who are at least 65 years old or immune-compromised.
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PublishedApril 10, 2023
Biden ends COVID national emergency after Congress acts
The U.S. national emergency to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic has ended.
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PublishedApril 5, 2023
Uptake of bivalent COVID-19 boosters low in Maine, but still higher than most of the country
Nearly a third of all Mainers ages 5 years and older have received the omicron-targeting bivalent booster shot compared to less than 18% of individuals nationwide. Data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that individuals who have received the bivalent booster are at significantly lower risk of hospitalization and death compared to unvaccinated individuals.
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