Contradictions and exceptions within an evolving set of rollout rules trouble vaccine providers and those still waiting for their shots, but some in the field say they appreciate a degree of flexibility.
Kelley Bouchard
Staff Writer
Kelley writes about some of the most critical aspects of Maine’s economy and future growth, including transportation, immigration, retail and small business, commercial development and tourism, with emphasis on consumer issues, sustainability and minority ownership. Her wider experience includes municipal and state government, education, history, human rights, health and elder care, the environment and the housing crisis. A Maine native and University of Maine graduate, she was a college intern for two summers at the former Lewiston Evening Journal. She previously worked at the Ipswich Chronicle, Beverly Times and Salem Evening News in Massachusetts. Favorite pastimes include gardening, cooking for family and friends, streaming foreign TV series and kayaking at camp.
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Maine bought over 2 million potentially counterfeit masks now subject to recall
About 161,000 of the possibly fake N95 respirators have been distributed to school nurses, health care facilities and state workers in Maine since November and are now part of a nationwide recall and replacement effort.
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Maine officials say they will take vaccine away from hospitals that violate guidelines
Gov. Janet Mills criticized MaineHealth on Tuesday for not following guidelines, calling it an ‘insult’ that the state’s largest health care organization gave doses to out-of-state contractors who came here to disrupt a union-organizing effort by nurses.
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MaineHealth defends decision to vaccinate administrative, remote staff despite state rules
But Maine Medical Center was wrong to vaccinate out-of-state consultants who were hired to help fight an effort to unionize nurses at the hospital, company officials say.
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Independent-living facilities left in the cold by COVID-19 vaccine rollout
Dropped suddenly from the federal pharmacy contract providing vaccination clinics to nursing homes, these senior retirement communities are trying to secure protection for an equally vulnerable population.
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In a race for time, builders and health officials team up to vaccinate thousands of Mainers
They’ve turned the old grandstand building at the former Scarborough Downs racetrack into a mass vaccination clinic set to open this week.
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Brunswick agency holds 1st drive-thru vaccination clinic in southern Maine
Independence Association and Guardian Pharmacy of Maine team up to vaccinate clients with intellectual and physical disabilities and their caregivers.
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Mainers mark MLK Day with calls to action, online observance
A daylong webinar series explores racial equity in Maine; Gov. Janet Mills and other elected officials honor the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
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Maine’s medical networks plan large-scale vaccination clinics
The standalone clinics are necessary because most medical facilities don’t have enough space and staffing to administer COVID-19 vaccines to the wider public under pandemic protocols.
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Pharmacies set to expand role in vaccine rollout, but experience in Maine is mixed
Walgreens and CVS have administered only a fraction of the vaccine doses they’ve been allocated, and state officials question whether they will be able to expand their efforts anytime soon.