Maine’s secretary of state has certified the voter signatures on a petition that calls for voters to decide on the law ending religious and philosophical exemptions for childhood vaccines.
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Seniors find high-dose flu vaccines hard to come by
Health officials say the shortage is only temporary and supplies of the high-dose shots often used by seniors will be available soon.
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Commentary: Get over vaccination hesitation and get your flu shot
Signs indicate a robust season ahead, but there’s also good news: Needle haters may opt for a nasal spray, and President Trump is encouraging research on a universal vaccine.
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Chiropractors give a big boost to people’s veto campaign against new vaccine law
Of the $161,841 raised so far by Mainers for Health and Parental Rights, at least $51,225 has come from chiropractors, according to a Press Herald analysis.
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Our View: When petitions come around, read before signing
You can’t get tricked into signing something you don’t support if you insist on reading and understanding it first.
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Some Mainers say opponents of vaccine law misled them in petition effort
Other voters are writing Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap, asking him to remove their signatures.
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Our View: Abortion funding and assisted-dying laws can now go into effect
Maine government will no longer discriminate against poor women who need abortions, or prevent the terminally ill from deciding when they have suffered enough.
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Opponents of a dozen new laws aim to erase them with ‘people’s veto’ campaigns
With a short time to collect 63,067 signatures, special interest groups and individuals file more than a dozen requests to challenge newly signed laws.
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‘People’s veto’ campaigns target new Maine abortion and vaccination laws
The groups behind the campaigns want voters to decide on laws that require insurers to cover abortion and that eliminate broad exemptions for childhood vaccinations.
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Senate vote sends bill to end vaccine exemptions to governor’s desk
A recent measles case in Maine was cited by both supporters and opponents of the measure to end all non-medical exemptions to school-required vaccinations.