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Follow the Money: See who is donating in Maine’s vaccine referendum
This searchable database includes all donations through Feb. 21, 2020 to three Maine political action committees that are raising money for their campaigns on Question 1 on the March 3 ballot. A “yes” vote on the question would be a vote to repeal a new law that ends religious and philosophical exemptions for childhood vaccinations, […]
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Listen to those who remember life before vaccines
In an extraordinary series of letters to the editor, older physicians remind us what’s at stake on March 3.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: State mandate will benefit vaccine makers, not Maine families
Schoolchildren could be expelled if parents refuse immunizations, while health care professionals could lose their jobs.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Maine reports first flu-related death of child in 2019-20 season
The child was younger than 5 and had not been vaccinated.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
The Maine Millennial: Don’t forget that vaccines save lives
When Mainers go to the polls March 3, public health will be on the ballot.
Posted inNation & World, Uncategorized
Economic toll mounts as world hunts for vaccine against coronavirus
Several existing medications will be tested to see if they can be used to treat Covid-19, as the disease is known, the World Health Organization says.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News, Politics
Pharmaceutical companies fund ad campaign to support Maine’s new vaccine law
A lobbying firm is spending $476,000 for TV ads defending the law against a repeal vote on the March 3 ballot, prompting opponents of the law to say the funding is an effort by Big Pharma to control Maine’s vaccine policy.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Polio survivor urges ‘no’ vote on Question 1
No new medical advance has prevented more suffering than the increased use of vaccines.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News, Politics
Citing coronavirus, Mills urges voters to uphold Maine’s new vaccine law
Maine’s governor uses her weekly radio address to attack a citizens’ veto effort that would overturn the state’s new law to eliminate non-medical exemptions for childhood vaccines.