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PublishedOctober 22, 2023
Having a harder time accessing health care? You’re not alone – and it’s making us sicker
The health care workforce shrank at the same time demand exploded, and patients say finding a provider is 'pretty much impossible.'
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PublishedOctober 20, 2023
COVID vaccine supply still lagging more than a month after rollout
Appointments can be hard to get, but health officials are urging people to be persistent and get the vaccine to protect against the most severe effects of the disease.
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PublishedOctober 13, 2023
Some criticize uneven distribution of pandemic debit cards for groceries
More than 20,000 Maine students were left out of the pandemic relief program that provided up to $120 per child to spend on food.
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PublishedOctober 4, 2023
Rollout of pandemic food benefit cards to schoolchildren confuses many Mainers
'All I could think of is that this was a scam,' Betsy Mayo, of Gray, said of the EBT card her 11-year-old daughter – and roughly 150,000 other schoolchildren in the state – recently received.
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PublishedAugust 10, 2023
Lovell’s Historic House Tour
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PublishedJuly 28, 2023
Schools lost track of homeless kids during pandemic. Many face steep path to recovery
Homeless kids often fell through the cracks during the tumult of the COVID pandemic, when many schools struggled to keep track of families with unstable housing.
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PublishedApril 25, 2023
Alcohol to go is here to stay
The once-temporary measure to help restaurants and bars during the pandemic became law on Monday, and now includes beer and wine by the glass as well as cocktails.
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PublishedApril 5, 2023
Uptake of bivalent COVID-19 boosters low in Maine, but still higher than most of the country
Nearly a third of all Mainers ages 5 years and older have received the omicron-targeting bivalent booster shot compared to less than 18% of individuals nationwide. Data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that individuals who have received the bivalent booster are at significantly lower risk of hospitalization and death compared to unvaccinated individuals.
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PublishedMarch 17, 2023
New COVID origins data point to raccoon dogs in China market
The findings aren't definitive, but data shows that some of the COVID-positive samples collected from a stall contained raccoon dog genes, which indicates the animals could have been infected by the virus.
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PublishedMarch 2, 2023
Androscoggin County gets high marks for handling federal pandemic funds
A representative assisting the county for a national accounting firm said Androscoggin County was "the best" that he has seen.
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