The agency acts after preliminary results from a government-sponsored study showed that remdesivir shortened the time to recover by about 4 days on average.
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Hospitalizations of Maine COVID-19 patients flatten or decline for 3rd week
Despite outbreaks in a Portland poultry processing plant and a Bangor homeless shelter, hospitalizations are down in those cities from a week ago.
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Drug maker to produce Oxford’s experimental vaccine as worldwide race heats up
The Trump administration is pushing to make shots available for Americans by year’s end, as one possible coronavirus vaccine developed at Oxford University entered human testing last week.
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A coronavirus drug seems to work. What’s next?
No drug currently is approved for treating the virus, but the nation’s top infectious disease expert says he expects remdesivir to receive emergency approval from the FDA.
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Antibody testing for coronavirus offered in Maine – with cautions
Several medical practices are offering the tests as a way to determine whether a patient has been exposed to the virus, but the tests lack FDA approval, and doctors note that immunity after infection has not been proven.
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Maine CDC reports 39 new cases, one more death from COVID-19
Contributing to the spike is an outbreak of at least 20 cases at the Hope House homeless shelter in Bangor, which Maine CDC officials are tracking alongside an outbreak at Portland’s Tyson Foods plant.
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State seeks to boost pay for workers who care for disabled Mainers
Workers who provide direct care to adults with autism or intellectual disabilities were left out of an emergency funding package in March that increased reimbursement rates for other home-care workers during the COVID-19 crisis.
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Bowdoin president to chair biomedical institute trustees
Clayton Rose will lead the trustees of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
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State challenged to gauge spread of virus, beyond confirmed cases
The Maine CDC has begun tracking a new category – probable cases – to help health officials see more than ‘a part of the iceberg.’
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Health care services to resume, but some patients will need patience
The return of elective surgeries, colonoscopies, mammograms and other services will be gradual, and the pent-up demand will be enormous.