The town boards in Bar Harbor and Tremont have joined those in several other Maine municipalities in adopting a resolution calling on the Legislature to design and implement a health plan that provides every Maine resident with comprehensive medical care.
College of the Atlantic plans to require students, staff and faculty who will be working and studying on campus in the fall to be vaccinated against COVID-19. School officials cite the broad benefits of a vaccinated campus, including holding gatherings, sharing meals, resuming regular transportation protocols and a return to a more normal academic setting.
The MDI Biological Laboratory will collaborate with the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, an office of the state Department of Health and Human Services, on a five-year grant from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to improve access to safe drinking water in Maine.
Mount Desert Island Hospital has received Wellness Workdays’ Best Wellness Employer gold certification for its worksite wellness program.
This past week, the staff of Mount Desert Island Hospital, its associated practices and vaccine clinics put 900 shots into arms. This was the hospital’s largest weekly allotment of doses, adding to the 5,753 administered to date.
The Jackson Laboratory has appointed three faculty members to endowed chairs advancing research for Alzheimer’s disease, addiction, cancer and computational biology.
Northern Light plans to open a mass COVID-19 vaccination clinic in the former Family Dollar in the Ellsworth Shopping Center between Shaw’s and Renys. John Ronan, president of Northern Light Maine Coast and Blue Hill hospitals, made the announcement on March 15. April 1 is being targeted as the date for the first clinic.
Gov. Janet Mills announced today that Maine is accelerating the timeline of its vaccination plan to make more people eligible for COVID-19 vaccines earlier.
In February, MDI Biological Laboratory held an informative, virtual webinar about how mRNA is revolutionizing vaccines. The Science Café discussion, hosted by Director of Development Jeri Bowers, featured guest discussion leader Elisabeth Marnik, who received her doctorate from Tufts University.
Common Good Soup Kitchen and West Side Food Pantry are working to make sure families get the food they need. They have received $10,000 in grant funding from Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry campaign to expand their reach to feed more local children and families.
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