Every Maine household is eligible to receive a free, at-home COVID-19 test kit every month. Each kit contains five rapid tests.
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Posted inHealth, River Valley
Outbreak of COVID-19 reported in Rumford Community Home
With at least 34 people sick, this is at least the second COVID outbreak at the facility since the pandemic began. There was an outbreak one year ago that infected at least 65 residents and staff.
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Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Health care workers appeal dismissal of lawsuit over Maine’s vaccine mandate
Seven Maine health care workers are taking their case to the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals, after a federal judge dismissed their case in August.
Posted inThe Franklin Journal
Infrastructure improvement grant awarded to Black Acres Farm
The grant will provide more options for consumers as well as other livestock producers.
Posted inLivermore Falls Advertiser
RSU 73 return to school sees notable differences
The biggest change this year is at the elementary school where parents now use a new route to pick students up after school.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
New COVID-19 booster shots coming to Maine
Maine is expected to receive 80,500 doses of new omicron-targeting booster shots within the next 2 weeks.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat
Mostly quiet on the COVID front in Oxford Hills
BA.5, the current dominant variant of COVID-19 has started to level off. Another subvariant called BA.4.6 has shown a slight increase since July.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly, The Forecaster
Refueled: Standard Gastropub in Bridgton keeps cruising
The Standard Gastropub has switched gears a number of times to meet the recent ups and downs of the economy.
Posted inMaine
Maine COVID-19 cases, patient counts hold steady as national numbers climb
The state has the nation’s second-lowest infection rate, after Vermont.
Posted inNation / World
Biden emerges from COVID isolation, tells public: Get shots
The president talks more about treatment than prevention, a sign of how the pandemic and his approach have evolved.