Gov. Janet Mills says military medical team on way to assist CMMC providers

The Federal Emergency Management Agency approved the request for pandemic aid for the Lewiston hospital.

Palin, COVID-positive and unvaccinated, flouts safety rules to eat at New York restaurant twice

The news comes as some restaurants nationwide have struggled in recent weeks to stay open because of staff being infected from the highly transmissible omicron variant.

COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to decline, led by drop in ICU patients

Some hospitals are still struggling, however, and the federal government is sending a COVID-19 'surge team' to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston.

RSU 9 board considers yet another update to COVID-19 isolation policies

Directors will vote on one of two options at a special meeting Tuesday.

Maine Lives Lost: Artist’s family grieves ‘hero’ after long battle with COVID

Perry Clark, 61, who worked out of a studio he created in the garage of his Buxton home, didn't get vaccinated and spent 47 days in the hospital after he got COVID-19.

Unvaccinated patient of Boston hospital denied heart transplant

Brigham and Women’s Hospital says the COVID-19 vaccine is one of several immunizations required by most U.S. transplant programs.

COVID-19 testing center to open in Auburn

As the pandemic eases slightly in Maine, three more testing sites are opening statewide, including one at the YMCA of Auburn-Lewiston's Outdoor Learning & Education Center at 151 Stetson Road.

Vaccine mandate to kick in for first wave of U.S. health workers

The Biden administration requirement is welcomed by some, but others fear it will worsen already serious staff shortages if employees quit their jobs rather than comply.

Omicron on the decline in Oxford Hills – for now

Student cases of COVID-19 quadruple in RSU 56

Infections rose from 18 to 75 from Jan. 11-25 in Dixfield area schools.