Some patients needing mental health crisis beds have to wait days or weeks to get served in Maine.
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Posted inHealth, Nation / World
Does the flu vaccine affect my chances of getting COVID-19?
Flu vaccines protect against seasonal influenza, not the coronavirus — but avoiding the flu is especially important this year
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Posted inHealth, River Valley
No new COVID-19 cases at Rumford mill
Since its outbreak started last month, the ND paper mill has had 24 cases. One person died.
Posted inHealth, Nation / World
Young, healthy people may have to wait until 2022 for vaccine, top WHO scientist says
Any vaccine that is ready next year will be available in limited quantities, with health-care workers and others on the front lines having first priority.
Posted inHealth, Nation / World
High demand for flu shots? Experts hope to avoid ‘twindemic’
A record number of flu vaccine doses are on the way, between 194 million and 198 million for the U.S. alone.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News, Schools & Education
UMaine System under fire for changes to retirees’ health coverage
University officials say the new insurance will save $2.5 million a year and expand benefits, but lawmakers, unions and retirees want them to reconsider it.
Posted inHealth, Maine
New Maine veterans task force works to reduce suicide by firearms, medication
The Maine Safer Homes Taskforce will distribute information related to gun and medication safety, hoping to curtail the state’s higher-than-average rate of death by suicide in veterans.
Posted inBusiness, Health, Maine, News
Prominent Maine doctor sues elder care operator, claiming retaliation, discrimination
Dr. Jabbar Fazeli was medical director of a group of assisted-living facilities that he says mistreated him for being Muslim, then dismissed him for disagreeing with its treatment practices.
Posted inHealth, Nation / World
CDC’s credibility is eroded by internal blunders and external attacks as coronavirus vaccine campaigns loom
The CDC has experienced a loss of institutional credibility at a time when the nation desperately needs to know whom to trust.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Chickenpox and pertussis cases decline, but Maine’s school vaccination rates remain low
Maine’s vaccine exemption rate for kindergarten-age children last year was 5.6 percent, the same as it was in 2018-19, when Maine had the fourth-highest opt-out rate in the nation.