In August 2021 Science Magazine, a peer-reviewed academic journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, highlighted groundbreaking…
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News reports say the Biden administration is currently weighing a plan that would allow all adults to receive a second…
Is it possible that despite the mounting evidence against them, some lockdown enthusiasts are still unwilling to let go of…
Throughout the pandemic, few things incited more discord than the mandated use of facemasks as a preventative measure to reduce…
On April 18, Florida federal Judge Kathryn Mizelle invalidated the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) order requiring that passengers wear masks on…
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data now show fentanyl overdose to be the top cause of death…
One day I’m reading an internal memo commissioned by the Democratic Party to provide advice to dealing with Covid policy.…
A new study published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) supposedly shows that wearing a face mask in public…
The dominoes are falling. In just the last month, public leaders of numerous (though not all) European countries, the nation of Israel,…
In late January, Gov. Janet Mills announced her administration has partnered with The Rockefeller Foundation to launch a pilot program…
On Wednesday, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provided new research showing that, during the recent Delta…
On January 12, while driving, I listened to the Maine CDC’s weekly COVID-19 briefing conducted by Maine DHHS Commissioner Jeanne Lambrew and…
On January 12, the Maine Department of Education (DOE) and the Maine Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced…
St. Mary’s Hospital in Lewiston has implemented a policy allowing employees who test positive for COVID-19 to come to work…
On December 30, the Maine Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Maine Department of Education (DOE) announced…
Gov. Janet Mills appeared at a December 8 press conference held by the Maine Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
On December 1, the Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), in partnership with the Maine Department of Education,…
Maine’s rate of COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes is currently the highest in the nation according to data provided by…
Reports across Maine over the last month have detailed the several healthcare facilities forced to curtail services because of staffing shortages.…
The U.S. Supreme Court denied an appeal for injunctive relief on October 29 in a lawsuit seeking to overturn Maine’s…
Cigarette sales in the United States rose last year for the first time in two decades, according to data published by the Federal Trade…
The first year of the COVID-19 pandemic will go down in American history as one of loss, economic suffering, and…
That darn First Amendment. This week, The Maine Wire learned that the Maine Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)…
On Monday, US Education Secretary Miguel Cardona touted new academic research to show that masks have been effective at reducing…
Since the world learned of a novel coronavirus emerging from Wuhan, China in December 2019, there has been no shortage…
The pandemic was a test of America’s public health bureaucracy. It failed.
On September 9th, President Joe Biden ordered the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), a federal agency tasked with regulating workplace safety,…
According to Department of Health and Human Service (DHHS) Commissioner Jeanne Lambrew, Maine healthcare workers will not be able to…
The ACLU on Tuesday announced it is bringing a lawsuit against South Carolina over its mask policy. The Palmetto State…
A viral Instagram post claimed that COVID-19 is 99 percent survivable for most age groups—the elderly being an important exception. The post…
Over a recent 12-day period the Milwaukee Brewers had nine players test positive for COVID-19. While we don’t know the…
On August 4, just days after allowing the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) eviction moratorium to expire…
Nobel-Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman famously quipped that “nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program.” If only he’d known…
On July 28, Gov. Janet Mills announced updates to Maine’s recommendations for wearing face coverings in indoor settings. The state…
Between 2019 and 2020, drug deaths in Maine rose by 33% according to a report funded by the Maine Office…
The primary finding of the study was that following the implementation of SIP policies, excess mortality actually increased, not decreased.
On Monday, May 24, a fascinating social experiment began to unfold across Maine as the Mills administration lifted most mask…
Maine Sen. Susan Collins grilled US CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky on Tuesday during a Senate Health Committee hearing where…
Since last summer, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have used an obscure federal regulation to impose a nationwide moratorium on…
As COVID-19 case counts rise across the United States and Europe, it is important to understand how we identify active…
When we hear about the challenge of testing for the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), we often hear that tests may take a…
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Maine jumped by 41 overnight to 344 total cases and two more Mainers…
The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in Maine has jumped to 303 according to Dr. Nirav Shah, director of…
Last month, Maine’s Legislative Council allowed LR 2765, “An Act To Enact Restrictions on Electronic Smoking Devices,” to proceed to…