Maine officials say pausing the Johnson & Johnson vaccine will give time to train the medical community on how to treat someone who may have developed a blood clot from the vaccine.
St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center
Lewiston day care serving 62 families to close in May
St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center plans to sell building housing Daisy Garden Childcare Center.
Local seniors get their 2nd vaccine dose, share what they’ll do next
On Friday, St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center administered second COVID-19 vaccines to senior citizens. With the CDC giving the green light to resume some activities two weeks after the second shots, we asked the happy vaccine recipients what they are going to do with their newfound freedom.
St. Mary’s will begin vaccine preregistrations Monday
Lewiston hospital signing up those 60 and older.
Lewiston hospitals say they’ve followed changing state guidelines in vaccinating employees
Central Maine Medical Center and St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center say that their vaccination rollouts were within state and federal guidelines. Statements from both hospitals came after health systems across Maine have faced scrutiny over the prioritization of vaccine doses.
St. Mary’s doles out hundreds of doses of the vaccine to members of the public Thursday
‘Wild horses couldn’t have kept me away,’ said one vaccine recipient, who was among the 400 people that got shots on Thursday.
COVID-19 inpatient numbers lowest in 2 months but still high in Lewiston and western Maine
The burden fell or remained flat at most of Maine’s hospitals, mirroring recent national trends and creating breathing space for medical staff.
St. Mary’s to hold vaccination clinics for 80 and older
St. Mary’s is focused on those 80 and older because it has so few doses of the coronavirus vaccine to give out.
Lewiston hospitals see spike in COVID-19 cases
Five cases reported at Norway Center for Health and Rehabilitation.
‘Not unexpected’: Lewiston hospitals see uptick in COVID-19 patients
There’s been an uptick in numbers, but a St. Mary’s spokesman said the hospital was prepared for it.