Out-of-state visitors took tests at home but didn’t learn they tested positive until they were in Maine and possibly interacting with others.
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Health and lifestyle stories from the Portland Press Herald.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Bar Harbor hospital sounds warning on undetected COVID-infected visitors
With long testing delays in other states, some learn they tested positive after starting vacations in Maine.
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Posted inHealth, Maine, News
COVID-19 hospitalizations remain low in Maine
Cumulative hospital counts are slightly higher than last week, led by modest increases at CMMC and Maine Med.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
Fauci to tell House panel ‘unclear’ how long pandemic lasts
Dr. Anthony Fauci is returning to Capitol Hill and plans to testify there’s no end in sight to the coronavirus pandemic.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Nonresident COVID-19 rates on upswing, but no sign of spread to Mainers
Out-of-staters accounted for more than 11 percent of all positive tests over the past two weeks and have a positivity rate more than four times higher than state residents.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
Who should get a coronavirus vaccine first?
The decision-making will take place over the next few months and is certain to be controversial.
Posted inHealth
Scientists get closer to blood test for Alzheimer’s disease
It’s usually diagnosed through memory tests, but it’s often imprecise and the more reliable methods are invasive and expensive.
Posted inHealth, Lewiston-Auburn
CMMC workers test positive for COVID-19
Hospital officials say the employees were infected by an ICU patient who had come from the Marshwood Center, a long-term care facility with an outbreak this week.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
COVID-19 hospitalizations in Maine fall to new lows
Cumulative hospital counts for the week are at their lowest levels since the opening days of the pandemic.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
As national labs bog down, some Mainers face long delays for COVID-19 test results
Maine’s self-reliant testing system is insulating most patients from long turnarounds that render tests ‘functionally useless.’