One U.S. senator is calling for the CDC and cruise lines to again halt cruise travel, 6 months after the industry mounted its comeback, but the industry has announced no such plans.
COVID-19
Posted inBusiness
Omicron plays havoc with return-to-office plans
Major corporations were hopeful employees could return early next year but the variant is pushing those dates back – or dashing them altogether.
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Posted inHealth, Maine
Augusta’s MaineGeneral Medical Center looks to expand services, rebuild workforce in 2022
The pandemic resulted in some of the hospital’s greatest challenges in 2021, according to a hospital spokeswoman.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
Healthy, boosted people unlikely to suffer severe omicron infections, early data shows
However, millions of Americans, particularly the unvaccinated, remain vulnerable to more serious disease from the most transmissible coronavirus variant to date.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World, News
U.S. CDC recommends shorter COVID-19 isolation, quarantine times
U.S. health officials are cutting isolation restrictions for Americans who test positive for the coronavirus and shortening the time that close contacts have to quarantine
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
U.S. should consider vaccine mandate for domestic air travel, Fauci says
The top U.S. expert on infectious diseases says such a mandate might drive up the nation’s lagging vaccination rate.
Posted inMaine, News
2021 Photos Of the Year: A Pandemic Story
The wide availability of vaccines was supposed to get COVID-19 under control in 2021. Instead, the pandemic has worsened. With high levels of transmission and the arrival of the omicron variant, the winter months look bleak. But Mainers are resilient and resourceful. Children are in school, live entertainment has returned, and restaurants and other businesses survived – and in some cases thrived. Wearing masks has become commonplace, as has caring for our neighbors. Take a look back at the pandemic in Maine in 2021 through the eyes of Portland Press Herald photographers.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Will the vaccine protect me from omicron? Is it safe to gather with family?
The latest variant of the coronavirus has triggered a whole new set of questions nearly two years into the COVID-19 pandemic.
Posted inNation & World
Search for a COVID-19 test means sold-out signs, long lines
Fueling the surging demand for tests is a mix of factors, including families seeking to keep holiday gatherings safe and people needing to prove they are virus-free for travel, work or school.
Posted inMaine, Nation & World, New England
In highly vaccinated New England, hospitals are under unprecedented strain as COVID-19 surges
Across New England=, hospitals are struggling with an overwhelming burden of patients amid a surge that has struck harder and faster than experts expected.