Local COVID-19 task forces offer new approach to public health
The rise of community-focused groups likely helped Maine maintain low infection rates. Their success could continue even after the pandemic.
Calls to domestic violence hotlines were more frequent — and dire — during pandemic
COVID-19 increased the stress and isolation that worsens abuse, making Maine survivors feel less safe at home. Violence against women is a “shadow pandemic.”
Public Health Notebook: Two mass vaccination sites open as more doses head to Maine
As sites begin operating in Bangor and Scarborough, the state receives a 16 percent increase in vaccines from the federal government.
Vaccinations ramp up in rural Maine, but limited doses entering state cause uncertainty
At least one county official is frustrated that emergency management agencies haven’t played a larger role in the rollout.
Maine’s COVID-19 vaccination rate among highest per population in US
State CDC director warns it’s a “matter of time” before the variant strain of COVID-19 is detected in Maine.
Maine CDC deploys first direct-care volunteers in pandemic to fill staffing gap in Deer Isle
The number of people enrolled in the Maine Responds Emergency Health Volunteer System has more than doubled during the COVID-19 pandemic, from 1,300 to 3,100.
Maine CDC director answers questions on trajectory of COVID-19 heading into 2021
Dr. Nirav Shah talks about the roll out of the vaccine, recent surges in cases and what he wishes he had done differently as the coronavirus hit the state.