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Read Article Jose Linares, an employee at Whole Foods Market in Portland, says the grocery store has too many employees, including "pickers" for home delivery orders, to maintain proper social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic. Two other employees expressed similar concerns in an affidavit. Ben McCanna/Staff Photographer Three Whole Foods Market workers are speaking out about what they describe as unsafe conditions at the Portland store, saying its successful Amazon home delivery ser...

As new case numbers remain high, Maine's health-care networks say they are planning to open new clinics that would greatly expand vaccination of older residents.

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.

Table of Contents Interest Groups Lobby to Get Ahead in Vaccine Line Dr. Norman G. Einspruch, 88, a cardiology patient at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, receives his first dose of COVID-19 vaccine from nurse Susana Flores Villamil. Florida and some other states have led the way in prioritizing people over 65 ahead of essential workers, amid intense lobbying from interest groups. MPI10 MediaPunch via The Associated Press States are choosing who gets the COVID...

Maine's CDC director says the state wants to be more explicit with hospitals about which health care workers should get priority for vaccination.

Maine's CDC director says the state wants to be more explicit with hospitals about which health care workers should get priority for vaccination.

Maine: Send Walgreens Vaccine Doses to Hospitals The pharmacy chain didn’t have immediate plans to administer the vaccines, the Maine CDC said. Walgreens confirmed that appointments hadn’t yet been scheduled at long-term care facilities to use the doses, Robert Long, spokesperson for the Maine CDC, told the newspaper. The 1,950 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine will go to the Central Maine Medical Center and St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center. Walgreens indicated it “did in ...

Sidney day care subject of Maine CDC outbreak investigation after 10 cases of COVID-19 reported Pams Playcare Center, on Middle Road, will be closed until Jan. 19, according to owner and director Pamela Tondreau. Share SIDNEY — Pam’s Playcare Center will be closed until Jan. 19 while the Maine Center for Disease Control investigates an outbreak of COVID-19 that involves at least 10 cases linked to the Middle Road day care. “As with all investigations, we are in the early stages of workin...

PODCAST: Is a Fix Coming Soon for Social Security? Kiplinger 1/12/2021 Subscribe FREE wherever you listen: David Muhlbaum: While Social Security won’t ever go broke – and we’ll explain why that is – it faces real funding problems, and the pandemic hasn’t helped things. Catherine Siskos, the editor of Kiplinger’s Retirement Report, joins us to talk about potential fixes and what they mean for your benefits and taxes. We also look into the latest version of buy now, pay later plans...

Entrance to a foreign country often requires a passport. In the age of coronavirus, entrance to schools, concerts, airlines – or anywhere else problematic for social distancing – eventually may involve a medical passport, or at least some sort of vaccination verification. As things stand in Maine, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention is focused on continued rollout of the vaccine rather than providing people with portable proof of having been vaccinated. The Maine Immunization Prog...