A state-run vaccination incentives program is slated to expire over the long holiday weekend, although health care providers are increasingly offering pop-up clinics at businesses around the state.
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Nearly 900 Bath shipbuilders vaccinated through on-site clinics
Bath Iron Works employees have received the COVID-19 through on-site vaccination clinics offered by the Maine National Guard.
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Augusta brewery to offer a beer with a COVID-19 shot
Cushnoc Brewing Co. is partnering with Waldo County General Hospital for a pop-up COVID-19 clinic on June 4 at the brewery’s Annex on North Belfast Avenue.
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Q&A: Where will I still have to wear a mask? What options do businesses have?
New federal recommendations mean that fully vaccinated people can forgo wearing masks in most indoor public spaces. But the change raises questions.
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Maine changes mask rules again to align with federal guidelines
Under the latest revision, the state also will lift distancing requirements in indoor settings such as restaurants, where people would remove masks for eating and drinking.
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Wiscasset jail offers vaccines to inmates, staff amid COVID-19 outbreak
This is the first time Two Bridges has offered vaccines to inmates.
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CVS and Walgreens have wasted more vaccine doses than most states combined
Of 182,874 wasted doses recorded as of late March, CVS was responsible for nearly half and Walgreens for 21%, according to the U.S. CDC.
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U.S. supports waiving intellectual property rules on COVID vaccines
But opponents – especially from industry – say a waiver would be no panacea and insist that production of coronavirus vaccines is complex.
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Meet Christiane Northrup, doctor of disinformation
The Yarmouth obstetrician-gynecologist was once a best-selling self-help author and regular Oprah guest. Now she promotes extreme conspiracy theories about the COVID-19 pandemic, masks and vaccines.
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Anxiety, not vaccines, drove bad reactions in 5 states, CDC concludes
Basically, some people get so freaked out by injections that their psychological stress spurs a physical reaction, but none got seriously ill.