Officials say the order, calling for travel restrictions, quarantines and symptom screening, was issued Friday with little planning or notice.
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Hard coffee, hard kombucha – no beverage is safe from booze
Hard seltzer alone surpassed $500 million in sales in 2019, and it took a bite out of beer sales along the way.
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Posted inHealth, Maine, News, Schools and Education
Flu season ramps up in Maine, hitting some schools hard
A school in Standish and another in Sanford closed Monday, with 3,020 influenza cases reported so far this season across Maine.
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Two schools in Standish, Sanford closed due to flu outbreak
The Edna Libby Elementary School cancels Monday classes to give workers time to sanitize the building and the Sanford Christian Academy cancels classes after many students and staff call out sick.
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FDA approves drug to treat peanut allergies in children
Palforzia Allergen Powder by Aimmune Therapeutics is for kids 4 to 17 who are accidentally exposed.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News, Schools and Education
Private schools in Maine ask Chinese students not to visit home amid outbreak
Some of the schools also have called off administrators’ recruiting trips to China.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News, Politics
Citing coronavirus, Mills urges voters to uphold Maine’s new vaccine law
Maine’s governor uses her weekly radio address to attack a citizens’ veto effort that would overturn the state’s new law to eliminate non-medical exemptions for childhood vaccines.
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Mainers with ties to China describe life amid coronavirus outbreak
More than 8,000 people have been infected worldwide, and efforts to limit exposure have led Mainers with connections to China to curtail or cancel travel and attendance at social or cultural events.
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U.S. life expectancy rises — a little
However, U.S. life expectancy, which has been on a downward trend, is two years lower that the average for the 10 other wealthy nations.
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Maine CDC, hospitals preparing their response to coronavirus
CDC Director Nirav Shah says his agency is calling for all Maine hospitals to screen for the virus while the state is in contact with federal officials to help develop plans in case the virus spreads.