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PublishedMarch 27, 2020
Maine preparing for increased demand for key medical professionals
The director of the Maine CDC says emergency medical personnel, hospital intake workers and those who can offer critical care will be key to the coronavirus response.
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PublishedMarch 27, 2020
Portland clinic to resume services, after 2-week closure for quarantine
The India Street Public Health Center, which provides a needle exchange and other services, closed after staffers were exposed to a person with COVID-19.
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PublishedMarch 26, 2020
InterMed furloughs one-third of its health care workforce
Employees were informed of the decision Thursday, after the practice shut down non-essential health services.
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PublishedMarch 26, 2020
SMCC professor creates device to help with shortage of ventilators
Dan Abbott, who teaches architectural and engineering design, says the splitter could allow multiple patients to use the same ventilator.
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PublishedMarch 26, 2020
Maine CDC gives top testing priority to long-term care residents
Gov. Janet Mills also offers 'extraordinary' MaineCare funding to help nursing facilities meet the costs of the coronavirus threat.
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PublishedMarch 26, 2020
Leading doctor decries lack of testing at Maine’s long-term care facilities
Dr. Jabbar Fazeli warns that Maine hospitals could be flooded with stricken seniors if nursing homes aren't able to test more widely and get faster results.
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PublishedMarch 25, 2020
Maine’s testing backlog grows amid national shortage of key chemicals
In response, the Maine CDC continues to prioritize testing hospitalized patients or health care workers while buying another testing ‘platform’ that doesn't use the chemical reagent that's in short supply.
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PublishedMarch 24, 2020
For New York, 58-cent medical masks now priced at $7.50 each
Hospitals have been forced to search the black market for essential equipment.
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PublishedMarch 23, 2020
What you need to know about coronavirus testing in Maine
Limited testing supplies have shifted CDC guidelines for who should be tested, but the decision still rests with physicians.
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PublishedMarch 23, 2020
Malaria drugs’ promise for coronavirus spurs hope, shortages
Evidence is thin, however, and a run on the drugs is complicating access for people with other conditions they treat.
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