Maine school districts planning COVID-19 vaccination clinics for students Share Updated: 6:08 PM EDT May 10, 2021 Share Updated: 6:08 PM EDT May 10, 2021
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Show Transcript AND MARY CATE THE CITY IS PLANNING A CLINIC THIS MONTH? SUPERINTENDENT JEREMY RAY CALLED THE VACCINE A GAME CHANGER FOR AN ABILITY TO GET BACK TO A MORE NORMAL PRE COVID 19 SCHOOL UP THESE CLINICS ANTICIPATING THE VACCINE BEING EXPANDED FOR USE TO 12 TO 15 YEAR OLDS. THE DISTRICTS WILL BE HOSTING VACCINE CLINICS DURING THE SCHOOL DAY AND AFTER HOURS LATER THIS MONTH -ONE WILL TAKE PLACE ON MAY 18TH IN BIDDEFORD THE OTHER ON THE 2OTH HERE IN SACO. RAY SAYS VACCINE PROVIDERS LIKE MAINEHEALTH, NORTHERN LIGHT HEALTH AND YORK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REACHED OUT TO THEM WHEN THE VACCINE WAS AVAILABLE FOR THOSE 16 AND OLDER ANTICIPATING THE EXPANSION TO THOSE 12 AND OLDER. AS WE HAVE THE CONSIDERATIONS FOR FAMILIES THAT ARE WORKING KNOWING MOMS AND DAD WILL WANT T
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MaineHealth, one of the state’s largest health care providers, is opening COVID-19 vaccine registration to adolescents 12 to 15 in anticipation of federal approval next week for use of the Pfizer vaccine in younger people.
At the same time, MaineHealth is planning to phase out operations at its mass vaccination clinic at the former Scarborough Downs racetrack in Scarborough by May 20 and will shift that effort to its existing vaccination site in Westbrook. The change comes as much of the over-60 population in Maine is now vaccinated and younger adults are seeking more flexible options that fit their schedules.
MaineHealth to open school vaccination clinics
The Scarborough Downs mass vaccination clinic will close by May 20 as in-school clinics begin in Oxford County next week Author: Beth Brogan (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 3:13 PM EDT May 7, 2021 Updated: 3:13 PM EDT May 7, 2021
PORTLAND, Maine MaineHealth announced Friday that it would shift its COVID-19 vaccination efforts to adolescents and younger adults, phasing out a mass vaccination site at Scarborough Downs in favor of in-school vaccination clinics.
The first school clinics are set to open next week at Poland Regional High School and Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School, MaineHealth spokesman John Porter said in a release.
MaineHealth opens up vaccine registration to adolescents ages 12 to 15
The health care provider is preparing to close its mass vaccination site at Scarborough Downs as it shifts to providing clinics at schools and continues with walk-in options.
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MaineHealth, one of the state’s largest health care providers, is opening COVID-19 vaccine registration to adolescents 12 to 15 in anticipation of federal approval next week for use of the Pfizer vaccine in younger people.
At the same time, MaineHealth is planning to phase out operations at its mass vaccination clinic at the former Scarborough Downs racetrack in Scarborough by May 20 and will shift that effort to its existing vaccination site in Westbrook. The change comes as much of the over-60 population in Maine is now vaccinated and younger adults are seeking more flexible options that fit their schedules.
SANFORD, Maine – Sanford High School senior Aislynn K. Worden is a semifinalist in the 2021 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program.
At the high school on Wednesday, Worden said she was surprised when she got the news last fall.
“I still am,” she added.
Worden is one of only seven seniors in Maine named in a recent U.S. Department of Education announcement about those being considered for the program.
She joins Harshini K. Chaganti, of Scarborough High School; Devon Michael Hunter, of John Bapst Memorial High School in Bangor; Pedro Santiago Little-Siebold, of Ellsworth High School; Culiandra Rose Nero, of Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School; Swetha Palaniappan, of Cape Elizabeth High School; and Wade F. Wahlig, of Falmouth High School.