A federal immunization committee on Wednesday voted in favor of recommending an additional COVID-19 vaccine dose for seniors aged 65 and up. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) met Wednesday to discuss numerous agenda items including vaccine data and recommendations for COVID-19; tetanus and diphtheria;…
Jun. 2—AUGUSTA, Maine — More than 5,300 Mainers claimed rewards under the state's COVID-19 vaccine incentive program in May, but the total represented less than 15 percent of the eligible adults vaccinated during that period. State health officials still said Wednesday that they were happy with the program and were exploring other ways to incentivize people to get the vaccine as roughly .