The P-EBT program was supposed to help Maine’s poorest families buy food during the pandemic, but delays with the EBT card manufacturer mean it’ll be weeks before some get the money.
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Health and lifestyle stories from the Portland Press Herald.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
COVID-19 patients at Maine Med decrease dramatically with wave of deaths, recoveries
Coronavrius inpatient counts remain flat at most other Maine hospitals.
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Posted inHealth, Maine
Customers of Saco restaurant warned about hepatitis A exposure
Patrons who ate food from the Sea Salt Lobster Restaurant between May 12 and May 23 are considered at risk because a worker tested positive.
Posted inHealth, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine
Auburn day care reports COVID-19 case
The Bright Beginnings Childcare Center at 120 Center St. has shut down temporarily. It was not clear Thursday whether the person who has tested positive for the coronavirus is a child or an adult.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Mills accelerates reopening for bars, tasting rooms and gyms in 13 counties
Similar businesses in Cumberland, York and Androscoggin counties will not be able to reopen on June 12, however, because of continued spread of the coronavirus.
Posted inHealth, Maine
Lewiston has had the most virus cases of any Maine ZIP code; part of Portland has the highest prevalence
The newly released data, covering only 55 of Maine’s 400 ZIP codes, show the northern Maine town of Medway with the second highest-caseload per capita.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Maine CDC reports 41 additional COVID-19 cases, one new death
Maine’s top public health official says testing volumes and results show the state is moving in the direction of virus suppression, but more work needs to be done.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Maine still not providing basic COVID-19 metric but releases zip-code infection data
The Maine CDC is unable to provide full testing data each day but released zip-code level case counts and a searchable map Wednesday evening
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Portland’s major hospitals return to peak levels of COVID-19 patients
Maine Medical Center’s numbers match the early-April peak, while Mercy Hospital sets a new high.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World, News
Children with perplexing syndrome linked to COVID-19 may be experiencing deadly ‘cytokine storm’
The four children showed up at the Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital in late April and early May, almost exactly one month after the peak of New York City’s coronavirus surge. All had fevers, rashes and strange blood readings that did not look like any illness doctors had seen before – but the cases looked […]