Data show that Mainers 80 or older account for just 13% of the cases but roughly half of the deaths. Health care workers account for the most cases, because they are exposed to the virus and are tested regularly.
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Healthy people in their 30s and 40s, barely sick with COVID-19, are dying from strokes
Many researchers suspect strokes in novel coronavirus patients may be a direct consequence of blood problems that are producing clots all over some people’s bodies.
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Group opens support line for Maine youths during outbreak and beyond
The National Alliance on Mental Illness has a new mental health support line for Maine residents age 14 to 20.
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Georgia businesses reopen cautiously amid coronavirus worry
Gov. Brian Kemp relaxes a monthlong shutdown amid experts’ warnings of a potential surge in infections.
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U.S. passes 51,000 deaths, a quarter of all global fatalities
Experts have warned that the number of reported fatalities likely underestimates the true toll of COVID-19.
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Numbers of virus patients in Maine hospitals continue to flatten and decline
Restricting activity in the state has flattened the COVID-19 curve and taken the pressure off hospitals, a Press Herald analysis finds, but dangers remain.
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Probe sought in Trump administration’s ouster of scientist
A top vaccine scientist says he was ousted for resisting political pressure to promote hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for COVID-19.
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11,000 deaths: Ravaged U.S. nursing homes plead for more testing
An industry group says only about a third of the 15,000 nursing homes in the U.S. have ready access to tests that can help isolate the sick and stop the spread.
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States rushing to reopen are probably making a deadly error, experts warn
As several states rush to reopen businesses, the sudden relaxation of restrictions will supply new targets for the coronavirus.
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Fear of virus exposure keeping many Mainers from going to doctors and hospitals
Some who need treatment for appendicitis, chest pains or stroke-like symptoms are reluctant to seek it, putting their long-term health at risk, doctors say.