Experts at top medical centers say it is time to do the studies to find out.
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Health experts say contact tracing is best tool until a vaccine, but most states aren’t doing enough
Health departments in many of the worst-affected communities are way behind in hiring and training those people.
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Pandemic takes staggering financial toll on Maine hospitals
They have lost $250 million a month since the pandemic hit the state. The federal bailout has covered about a month’s losses.
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Depression, anxiety spiked among black Americans after George Floyd’s death
Americans were already struggling with historic levels of mental health problems amid the coronavirus pandemic. Then came the video of George Floyd’s death at the hands of police. Within a week, anxiety and depression among African Americans shot to higher rates than experienced by any other racial or ethnic group, with 41% screening positive for […]
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Federal CDC posts long-awaited guidance for reducing everyday virus risk
The agency also offers advice on organizing and attending big gatherings such as concerts, sporting events, protests and political rallies.
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Additional 54 coronavirus cases reported in Maine, as more businesses reopen
Gov. Janet Mills said she was accelerating the date for lodging places to start serving out-of-state visitors, and on Friday fitness centers as well as bars and brewery tasting rooms with outdoor seating opened in 13 counties.
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COVID-19 hospitalizations fall across the state, even in southern Maine
More younger, healthier people are being tested now, and fewer of them have to be hospitalized when they get the disease.
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Maine CDC reports 30 new coronavirus cases, but trends ‘heading in the right direction’
No additional deaths were reported Thursday, and the number of active cases of the disease continues to decline as recoveries outpace new COVID-19 infections.
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These people have been sick with coronavirus for more than 60 days
While the majority of people with mild illness recover completely in that time, doctors say they’re seeing a small percentage who remain sick for many weeks, or even months.
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WHO backs off claim that asymptomatic transmission of coronavirus is ‘very rare’
The comment by a WHO official Monday kicked off a furious debate and drew widespread criticism.