But in one of the whitest states in the country, there is also growing concern about stigmatizing immigrant and minority communities.
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Cedar Ridge in Skowhegan reports all COVID-19 test results are negative
The nursing rehabilitation and long-term care facility reported Friday that the Norovirus also is gone from the center.
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What’s safe as states start to reopen? Here’s what some experts say.
Every activity is an exercise in weighing the risks, so it’s important to take precautions.
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Trump confident in virus test made by company in Scarborough
Despite reports of false negatives, the president and his deputies have promoted the 15-minute Abbott Laboratories test as a ‘game changer’ and have been using it for weeks.
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COVID-19 hospitalizations in Maine stay flat for 5th week
The data don’t likely reflect any effects yet of loosened social distancing measures.
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Places without social distancing have 35 times more potential virus spread, study finds
The study, published in the journal Health Affairs, looked at the policies mandating social distancing, and found that the longer a measure was in effect, the slower the daily growth rate of COVID-19.
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States, companies write their own rules for temperature screening in a pandemic
Without a national screening strategy, informal disease-surveillance systems have sprung up with different detection levels, potentially creating confusion about what is a safe temperature.
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Virus test made by company in Scarborough scrutinized for accuracy
The Maine CDC is conducting its own analysis of Abbott Laboratories’ rapid-results test in response to questions about whether it’s producing a high rate of false negative results.
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Three more deaths, 50 new COVID-19 cases reported in Maine
The state is ramping up its testing capacity significantly this week, which could lead to an increase in detected coronavirus cases.
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Virus whistleblower tells lawmakers they should be worried U.S. has no vaccine plan
The U.S. immunologist who says he lost his government job because he warned the Trump administration to prepare for the coronavirus pandemic isn’t backing off a bleak forecast of ‘the darkest winter in modern history.’