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Northern Light Vaccine Clinic to be Held Tuesday Despite Storm Northern Light Health will hold its vaccination clinic at the Cross Insurance Center on Tuesday, despite forecasts for winter weather. Bad weather is a fact of life in Maine, especially in February. And this year is no exception, with the month starting off amidst a forecast of snow, wind, and a possible wintry mix on Tuesday. Coincidentally, that's also the opening day for the large-scale vaccination clinic at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor. Over the weekend, Northern Light released a statement indicating that the vaccinat...

Cross Insurance Center to Become COVID Vaccine Site Northern Light Health has announced that the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor is being set up as a COVID-19 vaccination clinic. Administering the COVID-19 vaccine has been challenging, from the urgency of residents who want to get vaccinated, to the lack of supplies being sent to Maine. Northern Light has been accommodating as best they could, with small clinics set up around the area, and vaccines being given to people who are most at risk of complications from the virus. "The smaller sites were a good stop gap measure to get shots into pe...

Scam Calls Target Elderly Anxious to Schedule Vaccine Appointment The Maine CDC has been made aware of scammers who are targeting elderly residents eager to get their COVID-19 vaccine appointments. You knew it had to happen. Scammers will show up during any type of crisis including, unfortunately, a pandemic. According to Dr. Nirav Shah, of the Maine Center for Disease Control, the calls are targeting elderly residents and originating from an 844 area code. That could change once the crooks realize that officials are onto them, so be wary of any calls involving scheduling vaccine appointment...

Northern Light Health Establishes COVID-19 Vaccination Hotline Northern Light Health now has a hotline available to residents 70 and over, without internet access, who wish to schedule a COVID-19 vaccination. The people at Northern Light Health recognize that not everyone has internet access, and so they needed to come up with another way for these folks to schedule their appointments for the COVID-19 vaccine. A hotline number is now open and can be accessed at (207) 204-8551. The phone line opened at 9 a.m. for patient information, but will not be available for scheduling until 2 p.m. They...

6 Things You Need to Know Before Getting the COVID-19 Vaccine The rollout has begun for the COVID-19 vaccine, and so we have a few tips to keep in mind as you qualify to receive the serum. It's a hopeful time, as residents begin to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Maybe we can finally get back to some sort of normalcy, although I think there are some things that will never be quite the way they were. And maybe that's a good thing. It amazes me, everyday, the things we took for granted, like eating french fries after a shopping trip without washing our hands. It's no wonder so many of us got cold...