when the annual Taste of Greater Waterville was cancelled, organizers promised the public that the event would return in 2021 and would be 'bigger and better' than ever.
The AstraZeneca vaccine has caused concerns in Europe but The WHO insists that it's unlikely there is any correlation between the reported issues & the vaccine.
Maine Governor Janet Mills announced a new plan on Friday morning called "Moving Maine Forward".
This plan will instantly allow people from Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts to travel to Maine without doing a 10-day quarantine upon their arrival...
Maine Centers for Disease Control was notified by Maine recipients of this latest shipment that thermometers indicated that the Moderna vaccine has exceeded the maximum allowable temperature during shipment
It's been nearly a year since our lives, not just locally but globally, were flipped upside down with the announcement of a virus that had been discovered overseas.
With every passing day, Maine gets more doses of the coronavirus vaccine. Sure, it is not as many doses as we were hoping for, but we are getting to the point where we can move to the next phase. And, as more of the in-development vaccines get approval, we will see a flood of vaccine doses coming into the state.
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On December 10th, the Food and Drug Administration is set to hold an advisory committee meeting to discuss Pfizer's request for emergency use authorization so that they may get the vaccine distributed sooner rather than later.
According to the Kennebec Journal, the Maine CDC has changed course and will no longer be following up with investigations into probable cased of COVID-19