The pandemic has devastated the Boston suburb of Chelsea, which has the highest infection rate in the state.
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Tyson Foods idles its largest pork plant after Iowa outbreak
More than 180 infections are linked to the facility and that number is projected to dramatically rise.
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Mysterious blood-clotting complication is killing coronavirus patients
Some doctors’ groups are raising the controversial possibility of giving preventive blood thinners to everyone with COVID-19.
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Three deaths reported in long-term care facilities; Maine’s total now 39
The state also reports 19 more confirmed cases and 907 overall since the outbreak first hit. Of those, 455 have recovered.
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Protective gear wasn’t allocated to states based on population, despite administration’s claims
Maine got less than a third as many N95 respirators per capita as Vermont and Rhode Island but nearly three times as many as Texas.
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CDC director warns second wave of coronavirus next winter will likely be worse
The second wave will likely coincide with the beginning of flu season.
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More deaths, no benefit from drug touted by Trump for virus use, VA study finds
The nationwide study was not a rigorous experiment, but with 368 patients, it’s the largest look so far at hydroxychloroquine with or without the antibiotic azithromycin for COVID-19.
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Maine CDC reports 13 more coronavirus cases, with 1 death
The number of people who have recovered from COVID-19 surpasses active cases in the state for the first time on Tuesday.
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State officials say White House wrong on Maine’s testing capacity
Maine CDC Director Dr. Nirav Shah says he’s frustrated that the Trump administration has put out information suggesting the state has more testing capacity than it actually does.
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Maine company ramping up production of nasal swabs used to test for COVID-19
Amid calls for increased coronavirus testing nationwide, Puritan Medical Products of Guilford said Monday that it is producing more than one million of the specialized swabs a week.