Rollout of pandemic food benefit cards to schoolchildren confuses many Mainers

'All I could think of is that this was a scam,' Betsy Mayo, of Gray, said of the EBT card her 11-year-old daughter – and roughly 150,000 other schoolchildren in the state – recently received.

Some insured people are being charged for COVID vaccines when they shouldn’t be

Patients with health insurance who paid for their vaccines should seek reimbursement.

Cumberland County Jail dealing with COVID-19 outbreak

At total of 17 inmates housed at the Portland facility have tested positive for the virus.

Free at-home COVID tests will again be available by mail

Orders can be placed at COVIDTests.gov starting Sept. 25, and the no-cost tests will be delivered for free by the United States Postal Service.

What you need to know about the new coronavirus vaccine shots

The new coronavirus shots are designed to provide improved protection against omicron subvariants now in circulation

How evasive and transmissible is the newest omicron offshoot, BA.2.86, that causes COVID-19?

Researchers still don’t know how well BA.2.86 will evade immunity or whether it will cause more severe disease than its predecessors.

New Pirola Covid variant shows value of booster shots

A new variety of the coronavirus isn't as dangerous as previously feared. What's more, the fall jab should provide good protection.

Covid is here to stay. How will we know when it stops being special?

For some people, covid will always be high risk. Others wonder when — or if — we can stop treating the coronavirus differently from other common viruses.

Lewiston hospitals take steps to stem COVID-19 resurgence

Local hospital staff urge people to get vaccinated against COVID-19 to help reduce its spread this fall and winter.

COVID-19 infection figures are lower than a year ago