Maine is expected to receive 80,500 doses of new omicron-targeting booster shots within the next 2 weeks.
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Nonprofits to host back to school event at Lewiston park
Free school supplies, shoes, haircuts, vaccines, food offered Wednesday in Kennedy Park.
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Maine CDC asks for patience as COVID vaccine rollout for preschoolers gets started
The first batch of orders for vaccines for children as young as six months old were delivered to pediatric practices by Tuesday morning.
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Maine begins COVID-19 vaccinations of preschoolers
Some eager parents got appointments for their children to get shots on Tuesday as the state began the rollout of vaccines for children 6 months to 5 years old.
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First COVID vaccine shots for kids under 5 possible by June 21
White House COVID-19 coordinator Aashish Jha outlined the administration’s planning for the last remaining ineligible age group to get shots.
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Do you need a second booster shot?
An epidemiologist scoured the latest research and has some answers
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If you got J&J vaccine, consider two mRNA booster shots, data suggest
A new study shows that 3 doses of a messenger RNA vaccine perform the best, while a Johnson & Johnson vaccine followed by a messenger RNA booster shot is next best.
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FDA authorizes another booster shot of Pfizer or Moderna vaccine for people 50 and older
The question is whether everyone who’s eligible should rush out and get it.
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Moderna says its low-dose COVID-19 shots work for kids younger than 6
Moderna says its COVID-19 vaccine works in babies, toddlers and preschoolers.
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Scientists seeking universal coronavirus vaccine
They are inventing shots designed to foster an immunity wall that will repel the known variants and those yet to emerge.