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Student Katherine Halle gets her first dose of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School
School-based COVID-19 vaccination clinics are underway this week in Maine, just as eligibility is opening up to 12 to 15-year-olds.
These clinics mark a shift in strategy away from mass vaccination sites toward pop-up clinics focused on certain populations.
And for school-age students, there s a tight window to get them both doses of the vaccine before school lets out for summer.
MaineHealth hosted its first school-based COVID-19 vaccination clinics Tuesday at high schools in Poland and in Norway, where Katherine Hallee is a junior at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School. The 17-year old was the first student at the clinic to get the shot.
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A grant from Skowhegan Savings Bank will allow Penobscot Community Health Care to make needed upgrades at its Jackman Community Health Center over the next five years, as it continues to develop a pilot health care program for the northern Somerset County town.
The $25,000 grant is the bank s third in Jackman and supports Bangor-based PCHC s efforts to improve health care access for the remote area. The most recent funding will be used for both equipment replacements and upgrades needed to support day-to-day operations at the clinic. The upgrades are critical for the clinic, which provides both primary care and acute walk-in services and is the only medical center within a 90-minute drive.
Central Maine business briefs: Waterville Creates’ Serena Sanborn honored
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Serena Sanborn, Waterville Creates’ education and outreach coordinator, was honored May 1 with the Art Educator of the Year Award by the Maine Art Education Association.
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Sanborn received the Art Educator of the Year Award in the Supervisory category. A formal, statewide recognition ceremony took place virtually. The association is a statewide professional organization whose members are committed to excellence in visual arts education.
Waterville Creates develops and delivers a wide array of arts education and outreach programs that serve Waterville area residents and their families. It works with a host of organizational partners to maximize its reach and ensure access for a broad array of community members.
Principals, health orgs oppose bid for Maine trans sport ban
May 7, 2021
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AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) Health and education associations in Maine have testified against a proposal that would stop transgender students from participating in girls sports.
A group of Republicans led by Rep. Beth O Connor, of Berwick, proposed the ban, which is called “Act Act To Ban Biological Males From Participating In Women s Sports.” The proposal states that a banned student can dispute the decision with a signed statement from a doctor that they are female based on “internal and external reproductive anatomy,” natural level of testosterone or a chromosomal analysis.
Maine’s first mass COVID-19 vaccination site to close as state shifts immunization strategy
As demand declines, resources are being moved from large-scale venues to other settings, such as doctor s offices, clinics and pharmacies.
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Demand has declined at Northern Light Health’s vaccination site at the Cross Insurance Center since early April, when it was giving 3,100 vaccinations per day.
A mobile vaccination site is operating this week at the Fryeburg Fairgrounds. The clinic gave 475 shots over the weekend – far fewer than the approximately 550 per day given at the mobile site at Biddeford High School last week.
Hospital patient counts remain high, with 128 people in Maine hospitals with COVID-19 on Monday, including 54 in critical care.