vaccinations

Published
May 25, 2023

Court grants new life to lawsuit challenging Maine’s vaccine mandate for health care workers

Three judges on the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously reversed a lower court's decision to throw out a legal challenge to the state's COVID-19 mandate for health care workers.
Published
January 12, 2023

U.S. kindergarten vaccination rate dropped again, data shows

Vaccination rates for U.S. kindergarteners are down again, and federal officials are launching a new campaign to try to bring them up
Published
December 8, 2022

House passes $858 billion defense bill, scrapping COVID vaccine mandate for military members

It now goes to the Senate, where it is expected to pass easily, then to the president to be signed into law.
Published
September 20, 2022

Canada likely to drop vaccine requirement to enter

It is not immediately known whether the U.S. will make a similar move by Sept. 30.
Published
September 20, 2022

Thousands of Maine people per day getting their booster doses

Supplies are 'sufficient, but limited,' says Maine CDC Director Dr. Nirav Shah.
Published
September 2, 2022

New COVID-19 booster shots coming to Maine

Maine is expected to receive 80,500 doses of new omicron-targeting booster shots within the next 2 weeks.
Published
September 1, 2022

U.S. advisers endorse updated COVID-19 shots for fall boosters

The original vaccines still offer strong protection against severe illness and death, especially among younger and healthier people, but those vaccines were designed to target the virus strain that circulated in early 2020.
Published
June 21, 2022

Maine begins COVID-19 vaccinations of preschoolers

Some eager parents got appointments for their children to get shots on Tuesday as the state began the rollout of vaccines for children 6 months to 5 years old.
Published
February 13, 2022

Last in line: Families with young children still waiting for vaccine access

Many parents whose lives have been on hold are ready to resume a more 'normal' life, but not all parents are eager.
Published
January 17, 2022

Maine hospitals see slight drop in COVID-19 patients

The number of patients still remains above 400, which is double the highest number in Maine hospitals last winter.