Health
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PublishedMay 19, 2020
Patients testing positive for virus after recovery aren’t infectious, South Korean study shows
Scientists from the Korean Centers for Disease Control and Prevention studied 285 survivors who had tested positive for the coronavirus after their illness had apparently resolved.
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PublishedMay 18, 2020
Trump says he’s taking malaria drug to guard against coronavirus, despite safety warnings
The president spent weeks pushing the drug as a potential cure for COVID-19, against the advice of top medical professionals, who say the drug can cause significant side effects and has not been shown to combat the new coronavirus.
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PublishedMay 16, 2020
Racial disparity in Maine’s COVID-19 cases deepens
But in one of the whitest states in the country, there is also growing concern about stigmatizing immigrant and minority communities.
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PublishedMay 15, 2020
What’s safe as states start to reopen? Here’s what some experts say.
Every activity is an exercise in weighing the risks, so it's important to take precautions.
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PublishedMay 15, 2020
Trump confident in virus test made by company in Scarborough
Despite reports of false negatives, the president and his deputies have promoted the 15-minute Abbott Laboratories test as a 'game changer' and have been using it for weeks.
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PublishedMay 15, 2020
COVID-19 hospitalizations in Maine stay flat for 5th week
The data don't likely reflect any effects yet of loosened social distancing measures.
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PublishedMay 15, 2020
Places without social distancing have 35 times more potential virus spread, study finds
The study, published in the journal Health Affairs, looked at the policies mandating social distancing, and found that the longer a measure was in effect, the slower the daily growth rate of COVID-19.
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PublishedMay 15, 2020
States, companies write their own rules for temperature screening in a pandemic
Without a national screening strategy, informal disease-surveillance systems have sprung up with different detection levels, potentially creating confusion about what is a safe temperature.
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PublishedMay 14, 2020
Virus whistleblower tells lawmakers they should be worried U.S. has no vaccine plan
The U.S. immunologist who says he lost his government job because he warned the Trump administration to prepare for the coronavirus pandemic isn't backing off a bleak forecast of 'the darkest winter in modern history.'
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PublishedMay 13, 2020
Maine is the only state that’s not calculating positive test rate daily
The Maine CDC says the proportion of people testing positive for COVID-19 is a key metric used to monitor outbreaks and guide reopening, but it is calculating the rate only once a week.
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