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On Saturday, a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory panel endorsed on COVID-19 shots for the littlest Americans, and U.S. CDC Director Rochelle Walensky signed off on the recommendation, meaning that children under the age of 5 and as young as 6 months are now eligible to receive either Moderna or Pfizer’s multi-dose coronavirus vaccines. Here’s when those vaccines will be available in Maine.
The 70 students experiencing homelessness at some point during the past school year represented a return to pre-pandemic levels for the Bangor School Department.
It took women to make a change — “that’s women with a capital W,” said Chris Maas, who is a director of the town’s historical society and is involved with other local groups.
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry has already started collecting data on contamination from “forever chemicals” in water, soil and food.