Ten of Maine’s 16 counties are considered ‘green’ or low-risk for virus transmission and hospital burden, according to the U.S. CDC.
Joe Lawlor
Staff Writer
Joe Lawlor writes about health and human services for the Press Herald. A 24-year newspaper veteran, Lawlor has worked in Ohio, Michigan and Virginia before relocating to Maine in 2013 to join the Press Herald. He is still considered “from away” but since then, he has learned what a “dooryard” is, eaten “whoopie pies” drank Moxie and boiled some “lobstahs.” The stories he enjoys most are when he learns something and meeting inspiring people.
He lives in South Portland - aka “SoPo” - with his wife, Melanie, and two school-age children.
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Maine schools report a steep drop in COVID-19 cases as masks come off
Cases in schools fell 50% in the past week as many students were allowed to take off their masks for the first time in about two years.
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Maine clears backlog of COVID-19 tests, reports 2 more deaths
The backlog of positive tests had swelled to about 60,000 in February after the state was overwhelmed during the omicron variant wave.
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COVID-19 hospitalizations at lowest level since August
Mask mandates are going away as pandemic conditions improve.
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The pandemic effect: Personal stories of change
So much has changed during the two years since the COVID-19 pandemic officially reached Maine on March 12, 2020. And many of those changes will last far after the pandemic ends. Some are permanent. More than 2,100 Maine families and communities have lost loved ones. Businesses have closed. Careers have ended. Some who survived the […]
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‘A little different, a little broken’: How COVID-19 has changed us
Much as changed in the two years since COVID-19 arrived in Maine, and some changes will be permanent
Posted inHealth, Maine, News, Schools & Education
Mills administration to announce new guidelines for school masking on Wednesday
The state reports more indications of steep declines in COVID-19 in Maine, but state officials have yet to lift an indoor mask recommendation for schools.
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New version of omicron detected in Maine as wastewater tests show steep decline in COVID-19
Portland’s wastewater plants show declines of 98% and 97% since early January.
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Maine’s pandemic death toll passes 2,000 while COVID hospitalizations drop to 4-month low
As Maine hospitalizations drop below 200 patients for the first time since October, the state reports 53 additional deaths from a review of vital records.
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Maine Med emergency department nurses to protest ‘workplace violence’
A union official says, ‘They have been kicked, hit, spit upon and concussed at the hands of patients.’