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Education

Maine schools prepare for expected rise in COVID-19 cases as students return

Coronavirus

Only 7% of adults have gotten the new COVID shots, US data show

In the late summer, government health officials made the nation's COVID-19 vaccination campaign more like the annual flu campaign.
Nation World

RSV vaccine recommended during pregnancy as a second option to protect newborns

The recommendation comes a month after the CDC recommended another option: lab-made antibodies given to infants younger than 8 months as way to prevent severe RSV.
VERIFY

VERIFY: Fast facts on the new COVID-19 vaccine

The updated versions of the Pfizer and Moderna shots are designed to target the newest variants that researchers say is responsible for most new cases of COVID-19.
Nation World

Americans can now get an updated COVID-19 vaccine

CDC advisers endorsed the new shots for everyone 6 months and older and the agency's director quickly signed off Tuesday on the panel's recommendation.
Vaccine

The CDC did not say a new COVID strain is not more contagious among vaccinated than unvaccinated people

Social media posts claim that the CDC said a new COVID subvariant is more contagious in vaccinated people than in unvaccinated people. That’s false.
Nation World

US to lift most federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates next week

The move marks the latest display of how President Joe Biden’s administration is moving to treat COVID-19 as a routine, endemic illness.
Health

Lawmakers hear testimony on bills aimed at lifting COVID-19 vaccine requirements

On Monday, the Legislature's Health and Human Services Committee heard testimony on six bills targeting various COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
Health

FDA issues new guidance on keeping vaccinated against COVID-19 virus

The big news is that bivalent vaccines, which came out in the fall, will be used going forward. It's an MRNA vaccine plus the Novavax vaccine.
Maine Politics

Republicans propose six bills to lessen vaccine mandates in Maine schools

On Monday, the Legislature's education committee heard from the public on six bills that would lessen the vaccine mandate for schools in Maine.
Nation World

Appeals court blocks vaccine mandate for US government workers

The ruling from the full appeals court reverses an earlier ruling from a smaller three-judge panel that upheld the vaccine requirement.
News

University of Maine System easing COVID vaccine requirements

The school announced its updated vaccine policy on Friday morning.