Troubling gaps lie below the surface of Maine’s vaccination success
Differences in inoculation rates between urban and rural areas, as well as among age groups and genders, complicate the state s efforts to defeat COVID-19.
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Dr. William Medd talks with Jodi Keniston before she receives her second dose of the Moderna vaccine from Beth Frechette at a COVID-19 vaccination clinic at the Ripley Medical Office Building in Norway on Friday. Keniston had a slight allergic reaction after receiving the first dose of the vaccine and Dr. Medd was checking to make sure it would be safe for her to receive her second dose.
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Lori Dwyer is CEO of Bangor-based Penobscot Community Health Care, which has patients in Penobscot, Somerset and Waldo counties. In the past year, the nonprofit has worked on increasing access to rural Maine residents and launching a variety of innovative programs that include expanded telehealth, a pilot program to allow paramedics to perform emergency services usually reserved for doctors, the addition of the East Coast’s first dental therapist to perform some services previously reserved for dentists, and more. PCHC was recently awarded $10 million out of the $41 million the state allotted to federally qualified community health centers to expand COVID-19 care and access.
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