All posts tagged "Centers for Disease Control and Prevention"
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Halsey Frank: Making sense of Judge Mizelle’s mask mandate ruling
On April 18, Florida federal Judge Kathryn Mizelle invalidated the Centers for Disease Control and...
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Fentanyl now the leading cause of death for adults ages 18 to 45
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data now show fentanyl overdose...
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The CDC discovers actual public health, just in time
One day I’m reading an internal memo commissioned by the Democratic Party to...
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That study of face masks does not show what the CDC claims
A new study published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) supposedly shows...
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Decisions on masking schoolchildren belong to parents
The dominoes are falling. In just the last month, public leaders of numerous (though...
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Testing partnership brings rapid tests to ‘vulnerable’ Mainers using old data
In late January, Gov. Janet Mills announced her administration has partnered with The...
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CDC: Natural immunity offered stronger protection against COVID than vaccines during Delta wave
On Wednesday, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provided new...
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Halsey Frank: Inconsistency and overreaction – the hobgoblins of our COVID response
On January 12, while driving, I listened to the Maine CDC’s weekly COVID-19 briefing conducted...
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New guidance allows schools with mask mandates to stop contact tracing
On January 12, the Maine Department of Education (DOE) and the Maine Centers...
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New guidance allows some COVID-positive workers to remain on the job in healthcare facilities
St. Mary’s Hospital in Lewiston has implemented a policy allowing employees who test...
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Maine CDC, DOE update COVID-19 protocols in schools following new federal guidance
On December 30, the Maine Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and...
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Gov. Mills activates Maine National Guard to address capacity concerns in healthcare system
Gov. Janet Mills appeared at a December 8 press conference held by the...
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Maine DHHS announces winners of COVID-19 youth vaccination video contest
On December 1, the Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), in...
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Maine experiences highest rate of nursing home deaths in recent weeks
Maine’s rate of COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes is currently the highest in...
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The Mills administration’s reliance on (political) science
Reports across Maine over the last month have detailed the several healthcare facilities forced...
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Supreme Court declines to block Maine’s healthcare worker vaccine mandate
The U.S. Supreme Court denied an appeal for injunctive relief on October 29...
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If less vaping means more smoking, that won’t be a public health victory
Cigarette sales in the United States rose last year for the first time in two...
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Lockdowns coincided with record-breaking drug overdose fatalities, new CDC data show
The first year of the COVID-19 pandemic will go down in American history...
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What is an ‘advocacy journalist’ and why was the Maine CDC restricting access to its briefings?
That darn First Amendment. This week, The Maine Wire learned that the Maine...
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Education secretary touts mask study—gets rebuked by senior author of the study
On Monday, US Education Secretary Miguel Cardona touted new academic research to show...
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Prevailing pandemic policy is hurting children’s health
Since the world learned of a novel coronavirus emerging from Wuhan, China in...
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The CDC made America’s pandemic worse
The pandemic was a test of America’s public health bureaucracy. It failed.
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What happened to natural immunity?
On September 9th, President Joe Biden ordered the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), a...
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Maine delays enforcement of healthcare worker vaccine mandate but offers no testing alternative
According to Department of Health and Human Service (DHHS) Commissioner Jeanne Lambrew, Maine...
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CDC: Schools with mask mandates didn’t see statistically significant different rates of COVID transmission from schools with optional policies
The ACLU on Tuesday announced it is bringing a lawsuit against South Carolina...
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COVID-19 is probably 99% survivable for most age groups, but PolitiFact rated this false
A viral Instagram post claimed that COVID-19 is 99 percent survivable for most age groups—the...
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What is the true vaccine breakthrough rate? The CDC doesn’t want you to know
Over a recent 12-day period the Milwaukee Brewers had nine players test positive...
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Biden says CDC’s new eviction moratorium ‘not likely to pass constitutional muster’
On August 4, just days after allowing the U.S. Centers for Disease Control...
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The push is on to extend one of the federal government’s worst pandemic power-grabs
Nobel-Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman famously quipped that “nothing is so permanent as a...
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Maine conforms with new CDC guidance on masking in schools, indoor settings
On July 28, Gov. Janet Mills announced updates to Maine’s recommendations for wearing...
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New report shows opioid deaths on the rise in Maine
Between 2019 and 2020, drug deaths in Maine rose by 33% according to...
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Lockdowns led to more deaths, not fewer
The primary finding of the study was that following the implementation of SIP...
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Saving face: Unmasking the mask hypocrisy
On Monday, May 24, a fascinating social experiment began to unfold across Maine...
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Sen. Collins slams CDC for ‘confusing, conflicting guidance’
Maine Sen. Susan Collins grilled US CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky on Tuesday...
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The CDC vs. the Constitution
Since last summer, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have used...
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PCR tests and the prickly partnership between science and state
As COVID-19 case counts rise across the United States and Europe, it is...
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Maine CDC stalling release of coronavirus testing data
When we hear about the challenge of testing for the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), we...
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Two more Mainers die as number of coronavirus cases reaches 344
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Maine jumped by 41 overnight to...
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‘Uncertainty may be the new norm’ in Maine as confirmed cases of coronavirus jumps to 303
The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in Maine has jumped to 303...
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Should a prescription be necessary to purchase vape products?
Last month, Maine’s Legislative Council allowed LR 2765, “An Act To Enact Restrictions...
