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Maine takes vaccinations to seniors in independent living facilities Nearly 70 small clinics will be held this week for older Mainers who might face challenges getting to vaccination site. Share Millie Hawkins, 101, is scheduled to receive her second dose of a COVID-19 vaccination in mid-March. She is a resident of Millbrook Estates senior living in Westbrook. Derek Davis/Staff Photographer Many Maine seniors living in independent living apartments can’t drive or easily get a ride to a COV...

Share this article Share this article WASHINGTON, Feb. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Today the National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD®) announced this years Rare Impact Award honorees. These outstanding individuals, organizations and industry innovators will be honored for their exceptional work benefiting the rare disease community in a virtual event streaming on June 28, 2021 at 7:00pm ET. The Rare Impact Awards program is part of the Living Rare, Living Stronger NORD Patient and Family F...

Managing Editor The Consumer Healthcare Products Association once again is adding to its roster. The trade association has added Church & Dwight, Bridges Consumer Healthcare and Rhinomed to its membership. The companies’ products include OTC medicines, dietary supplements and consumer medical devices.  “We at CHPA are delighted to welcome Church & Dwight, Bridges, and Rhinomed as our newest members,” said Scott Melville, president and CEO of CHPA. “Church & Dw...

Residents at Midcoast senior living facilities readily accept COVID-19 vaccine, while some staff opt out Many long-term care facilities reported that all of their residents chose to get vaccinated, but staff are more hesitant. Share Bertie Holmes, left gets her second COVID-19 shot administered by registered nurse Mary Dowe during a vaccine clinic held at The Highlands in Topsham Monday.  Darcie Moore / The Times Record BATH — Several senior living facilities in the southern Midcoast report...

Dine Out Maine: Behind the scenes of a coronavirus scare Restaurants complain they arent getting enough guidance on what to do when staff test positive for COVID-19. By Andrew Ross Share All afternoon, I had been daydreaming about chicken panang curry. My cravings turned so acute that I began to smell coriander, galangal and makrut lime leaves everywhere I went, even while moving boxes in my basement. Fortunately, I’m familiar with “phantom food syndrome” and its cure. In this case, tha...

In another sign that conditions are improving, the seven-day positivity rate average of coronavirus tests has declined to 1.2%, the Maine CDC director says.

jsorensen@fairmontsentinel.com FAIRMONT — Martin County Commissioners approved authorizing 2021 legislative representation on Capitol Bonding with Larkin Hoffman Tuesday, at a monthly fixed fee of $3,000 beginning Feb. 1, 2021, through July 31, 2021; plus any out-of-pocket disbursement such as mileage, parking, and related expenses. The County is looking to procure funding for a new Martin County Justice Center. Having been previously awarded $2 million to begin work on a new center from a bo...

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Central Maine restaurateurs work through uncertainty Eleven months after the global coronavirus pandemic was declared, three restaurant owners talk about pushing past profound challenges to start or sustain their new businesses. 10 of 10 Paola Buentello sits Friday at her familys restaurant, El Oso Taqueria & Gift Shop, on Water Street in downtown Gardiner. She painted the tree mural and the two portraits behind her. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal LITCHFIELD — If Lindsay Costigan knew a year ag...

York County lags others in COVID-19 vaccinations A coronavirus hotspot, Maines southernmost county has had the most infections per capita, but it also has one of the lowest inoculation rates. Share Nicolette Caron, a physician assistant with York Hospital, administers a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to Jenny Keefe at a clinic at St. Christopher’s Church in York on Friday. It was the second dose for Keefe, who works in the lab at York Hospital. Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer York County is facin...