It’s not clear yet how long vaccines will protect against infection, but studies are underway to answer that question.
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FDA approves new drug for Alzheimer’s that experts doubt will work
The decision is sure to spark disagreements among doctors, medical researchers and patient groups, and have far-reaching implications for the standards used to evaluate experimental therapies.
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Shortage of psychiatrists in Maine causing a ‘crisis’
PORTLAND – Dr. Joan Leitzer, a Portland-based psychiatrist, has been “retiring for months.” “I am doing it the old-fashioned way,” she said, and is working to get each of the approximately 60 patients in her practice transferred to a new provider before she retires. But psychiatrists, psychiatric nurse practitioners and other mental and behavioral health […]
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New cases and hospital patient counts keep declining in Maine
The state reported 71 new cases as it crossed the 60% threshold for eligible residents, age 12 and older, who have been fully vaccinated.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Health, Lewiston-Auburn, Local & State
With state shift in vaccination strategy, fewer options for tri-county residents to get shots
State health officials announce the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s mobile vaccination unit will be diverted from Rangeley and Rumford to higher-volume sites in Portland and Old Orchard Beach.
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Maine House and Senate advance bill to expand dental coverage under MaineCare
Maine is one of only 10 states that do not cover preventive and restorative dental care under their Medicaid programs.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Health, Lewiston-Auburn, Local & State
State health officials report an Androscoggin County resident died with COVID-19
CDC Director Dr. Nirav Shah: Downward COVID-19 trends are ‘encouraging,’ but ‘more work to do’
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State pushes to have regular COVID-19 testing for hospitality, retail workers
Free rapid-results antigen tests are being made available through Walgreens pharmacies as part of an effort to minimize virus transmission during the upcoming tourist season.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Health, Lewiston-Auburn, Local & State
Vaccination rates remain stagnant even as new COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations decline
Lewiston’s Central Maine Medical Center reported no confirmed COVID-19 inpatients in critical care Monday and Tuesday, a first since March.
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New cases fall to 42 in holiday count, with no additional deaths
The number of people hospitalized in Maine with COVID-19 drops below 100 for the first time in a month and a half.