By Shelley Farrington Lincoln News • July 22, 2021 KATAHDIN REGION – As vaccination rates continue to decline nationally, Maine still has one of the highest rates of vaccination at 68 percent who are eligible are fully vaccinated. Officials at Millinocket Regional Hospital have worked hard to reach vaccination rates of over 70 percent in
Read more →RELEASE DATE July 7, 2021 [MILLINOCKET, MAINE] Consistency and convenience are the motive for recent revisions to the MRH vaccination plan. MRH Walk-In Care is now accepting appointments for the Moderna vaccine. Vaccines will be administered on Tuesday and Thursday of each week. To make an appointment for a Moderna vaccination, please visit: mrhme.org/getvax. Our
Read more →From the desk of Todd Phillips, RN, BSN, MPH Infection Preventionist June 7, 2021 Hello all, I wanted to share with you some news about vaccines that I thought to be important. Firstly, COVID-19 vaccines are effective. However, a small percentage of people who are fully vaccinated will still get COVID-19 if they are exposed
Read more →By Shelley Farrington Lincoln News • May 20, 2021 MILLINOCKET – As Millinocket Regional Hospital staff make final preparations for a student Pfizer vaccination clinic May 21, MRH Marketing Coordinator Katie Mackin provided more details for parents and guardians. The clinic will begin at 9 a.m. in the Stearns Junior/Senior High School gym for those
Read more →By Shelley Farrington Lincoln News • May 13, 2021 MILLINOCKET – Continuing its unwavering commitment to the Katahdin region, Millinocket Regional Hospital officials announce that they’ve obtained access to the Pfizer vaccine and will be providing a clinics specifically for 12 to 18 year olds on May 19 at Katahdin High School in Sherman and
Read more →By Shelley Farrington Lincoln News • May 13, 2021 EAST MILLINOCKET – The Millinocket Regional Walk-In Clinic in East Millinocket has been providing COVID-19 testing for area residents and visitors for almost a year and starting May 11 will be offer Johnson & Johnson vaccines to citizens with no appointment necessary. MRH Marketing Coordinator Katie
Read more →By Shelley Farrington Lincoln News • April 29, 2021 MILLINOCKET – The announcement last Friday that the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) had cleared the Johnson & Johnson one-shot COVID-19 vaccine for use added back another weapon in the Millinocket Regional Hospital’s arsenal for battling the pandemic in the Kathadin region. MRH Infection Preventionist Todd Phillips,
Read more →By Shelley Farrington Lincoln News • April 22, 2021 KATAHDIN REGION – The upcoming April 24 Millinocket Regional Hospital vaccination clinic is very important to the more than 200 citizens receiving their second dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine but also marks an incredible milestone to the administration and staff at MRH. That clinic will
Read more →RELEASE DATE April 22, 2021 MRH vaccination efforts now cover 53% of hospital service area Thirty eight clinics of both Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccine provide full protection [MILLINOCKET, MAINE] Millinocket Regional Hospital administration and staff were informed last week that their local vaccination efforts have succeeded in fully vaccinating 53
Read more →By Shelley Farrington Lincoln News • April 15, 2021 MILLINOCKET – Part of Millinocket Regional Hospital’s mission during the COVID-19 pandemic is to educate the public on anything to do with the vaccine. Recently the state of Maine reduced the age of vaccine eligibility to 16 years and up and MRH Infection Preventionist Todd Phillips,
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