The study, while preliminary and not yet peer-reviewed, raises questions about a test called a potential ‘game changer’ in the fight against the coronavirus.
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Lawsuits alleging poor medical care for veterans at Togus end in settlements
Five veterans received settlements totaling more than $1 million.
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Maine is the only state that’s not calculating positive test rate daily
The Maine CDC says the proportion of people testing positive for COVID-19 is a key metric used to monitor outbreaks and guide reopening, but it is calculating the rate only once a week.
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Exhaustion, uncertainty mark COVID-19 survivors’ journeys
Among them is a retired U.S. Marine from York, Maine, who worries how his lingering health problems will affect his work as a survival instructor for a Department of Defense contractor.
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Central Maine robotics team donating hundreds of face shields to health care workers
Dr. Nirav Shah, director of the Maine Center of Disease Control, said Monday that 1,200 of the masks 3D printed by Delta Prime Robotics have entered the state’s supply.
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Fauci warns of more death, economic damage if U.S. reopens too soon
The advice from the nation’s top infectious disease expert and other key government officials is at odds with a president who urges on protests of state-ordered restraints and insists that ‘we’re making tremendous strides.’
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Dentists criticize Mills administration for not letting routine care resume
Maine is one of the few states that haven’t allowed dentists to reopen for routine visits, and some patients are suffering infections and other problems because they have not been treated.
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White House recommends tests for all nursing home residents
It wasn’t clear why it is being recommended now, more than 2 months after the nation’s first major outbreak at a nursing home eventually killed 43 people.
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Trump is dealing with virus at White House even as he pushes to ‘reopen’ U.S.
The reality of top administration officials, including the vice president, having to isolate themselves comes as states seek to loosen economic restrictions imposed mitigate the virus’ spread.
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Thermal scanners are being deployed to detect coronavirus. But they don’t really work.
Industry experts actively dissuade buyers from using the cameras as ‘fever detectors,’ because they aren’t designed for medical use.