The study of patients treated at Mount Sinai showed that 63 percent of patients on ventilators who did not receive anticoagulants died compared with 29 percent who did receive the treatment.
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Racial disparity grows along with Maine’s number of virus cases
Blacks and African Americans make up 1.6% of Maine’s population but more than 6% of its coronavirus infections.
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Children fall ill with mysterious inflammatory syndrome thought to be linked to COVID-19
The number of affected children is very small and doctors emphasized that parents should not panic.
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Shortage of swabs hampers COVID-19 testing in Maine nursing homes
Most of the facilities that responded to a survey said they lacked the basic tool to detect the disease.
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Maine CDC reports 4 more coronavirus deaths, 20 more cases at Tyson plant in Portland
The director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention says managers of the Tyson Foods poultry processing plant in Portland have agreed to extend a closure so the CDC can trace the contacts of infected workers.
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Coronavirus can cause damaging, even fatal blood clots from brain to toes
Doctors are noting a raft of clotting-related disorders, from benign skin lesions on the feet to life-threatening strokes and blood-vessel blockages.
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Maine CDC reports 20 more coronavirus cases, no new deaths
The number of cases at the Tyson Foods plant in Portland rose to 17 on Monday as testing of all 400-plus employees continued.
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Pence acknowledges he should have worn a mask during Mayo Clinic visit
It is a rare admission of a mistake by a senior Trump administration official.
Posted inHealth, Maine
Maine reopening with ‘bare minimum’ testing strategy
The state’s plan calls for a doubling or tripling of statewide testing capacity, but more robust approaches would require 20 or 30 times that.
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Coronavirus data trends working in Maine’s favor, but risks remain
The reproduction rate, case rate and other indicators of transmission are moving in the right direction for Maine to start relaxing restrictions, but epidemiologists are watching closely for any warning signs that trends are changing.