Vaccines

That's down from 90% just over a year ago. A new analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation says one reason for declining vaccination rates is the absence of federal initiatives such as clinics.

In a series of party-line votes, Democrats on the Education and Cultural Affairs Committee moved to kill bills that would have allowed parents to exempt their children from school vaccination requirements for philosophical and religious reasons.

Lines were out the door as the first large scale monkeypox vaccine clinic in Maine got underway Friday in Ogunquit.

Roughly 400 demonstrators at the State House protested Democratic Gov. Janet Mills' recent mandate that all health care workers get vaccinated against COVID-19.

Now more than 80% of Maine’s higher education institutions have a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for students. MCCS students must show proof that they have received at least one dose of a vaccine prior to the first day of in-person classes, which begin Aug. 30.

A Kennebec County woman in her early 60s has been selected as the winner of Maine's nearly $900,000 coronavirus vaccine sweepstakes.

Across the country, more and more colleges say they'll mandate the shot for all students this fall. But in Maine, requirements are varied — and officials say the guidelines could change depending on factors such as the trajectory of the virus over the next few months.

Maine set a new daily record Wednesday for the number of COVID-19 vaccines administered in the state, delivering more than 17,000 doses into people's arms…

Public health experts in Maine say cases of chickenpox and whooping cough are falling in the state, but the number of children receiving immunizations for…

The Maine Center for Disease Control is launching a series of free immunization clinics for children.The "catch up clinics" are intended to help children…