Maine’s former top health official is among the medical professionals who are raising alarms about the dismantling of everything from how the annual flu shot is approved to cuts in prevention programs and vaccine research.
Dr. Nirav Shah
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Dr. Nirav Shah says he’s considering run for Maine governor
Shah, the face of Maine’s COVID-19 response, was a top federal health official in the Biden administration and has criticized the Trump administration’s public health priorities.
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Dr. Nirav Shah, former Maine CDC director, taking post at Colby College
Until last month, Shah had been serving as a principal deputy director at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Posted inMaine
Former Maine CDC director leaving federal post
Dr. Nirav Shah announced Friday on social media that he is leaving his job at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Posted inMaine, News
Sen. King to formally recommend Shah be hired as director of federal CDC
The Maine senator will draft a letter to the White House suggesting that the state’s former CDC director replace Rochelle Walensky, who is stepping down in June.
Posted inMaine, News
Dr. Nirav Shah makes his final rounds in Maine
For perhaps the final time as the state’s CDC director, Shah answered questions about the pandemic and health topics on the ‘MaineCalling’ public radio show.
Posted inMaine, News
Second case of monkeypox reported in Maine
CDC Director Dr. Nirav Shah expects more cases but doesn’t see a major cause for alarm because of how the disease is transmitted.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine
Maine CDC Director Dr. Shah visits ‘COVID Still Sux’ rehearsal
After Christine Henry’s Broadway parody show, ‘COVID Sux,’ sold out in Monmouth, she decided to return to Maine with a sequel show — ‘COVID Still Sux.’
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Shah: Maine health officials working to manage COVID-19 so it is no longer a crisis
Dr. Nirav Shah, director of the Maine Center for Disease Control & Prevention, tells Waterville Rotary Club ‘we’re not going to eliminate COVID’ and ‘it is going to be a fact of all of our lives.’
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Gov. Mills calls White House, gets more COVID-19 treatments for Maine despite undercount of cases
Maine has been getting a smaller allocation of a monoclonal antibody treatment because of a large backlog of positive tests that have yet to be screened and added to the daily total of confirmed new cases.