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PublishedMay 16, 2023
Sen. King to formally recommend Shah be hired as director of federal CDC
The Maine senator will draft a letter to the White House suggesting that the state's former CDC director replace Rochelle Walensky, who is stepping down in June.
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PublishedFebruary 7, 2023
U.S. legislators invite prominent Mainers to State of the Union address
Chief Kirk Francis of the Penobscot Nation and Dr. Nirav D. Shah, Director of the Maine Center for Disease Control will be guests of Rep. Jared Golden and Chellie Pingree.
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PublishedJanuary 23, 2023
Dr. Nirav Shah makes his final rounds in Maine
For perhaps the final time as the state's CDC director, Shah answered questions about the pandemic and health topics on the 'MaineCalling' public radio show.
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PublishedAugust 1, 2022
Second case of monkeypox reported in Maine
CDC Director Dr. Nirav Shah expects more cases but doesn't see a major cause for alarm because of how the disease is transmitted.
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PublishedJune 24, 2022
Maine CDC Director Dr. Shah visits ‘COVID Still Sux’ rehearsal
After Christine Henry's Broadway parody show, 'COVID Sux,' sold out in Monmouth, she decided to return to Maine with a sequel show — 'COVID Still Sux.'
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PublishedMarch 31, 2022
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson to speak at Colby College commencement
The college's commencement is scheduled for May 22 and other featured speakers that weekend include artist Jamie Wyeth and Dr. Nirav Shah, director of the Maine Center for Disease Control & Prevention.
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PublishedFebruary 28, 2022
Shah: Maine health officials working to manage COVID-19 so it is no longer a crisis
Dr. Nirav Shah, director of the Maine Center for Disease Control & Prevention, tells Waterville Rotary Club 'we're not going to eliminate COVID' and 'it is going to be a fact of all of our lives.'
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PublishedJanuary 24, 2022
Gov. Mills calls White House, gets more COVID-19 treatments for Maine despite undercount of cases
Maine has been getting a smaller allocation of a monoclonal antibody treatment because of a large backlog of positive tests that have yet to be screened and added to the daily total of confirmed new cases.
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PublishedJanuary 7, 2022
Bill Nemitz: Dr. Shah to the unvaccinated: It’s time we talked
Rather than condemn those who eschew COVID-19 shots, a Maine Public call-in show this week welcomed them with open arms.
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PublishedOctober 31, 2021
Bill Nemitz: Halloween – the perfect antidote to a pandemic
This year, Mainers have earned the right to enjoy a candy bar – or three.
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