Health care
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PublishedNovember 5, 2020
Nine Farmington hospital workers test positive for COVID-19
The outbreak at Franklin Memorial Hospital started last week with four cases.
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PublishedNovember 2, 2020
Top Trump adviser urges ‘more aggressive action’ against virus as president downplays threat
Contradicting the president, Deborah Birx, coordinator of the White House coronavirus task force, warns, ‘We are entering the most concerning and most deadly phase of this pandemic.’
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PublishedNovember 2, 2020
Hospitals compete for nurses as U.S. coronavirus cases surge
Adding to the strain, experienced nurses are 'burned out with this whole (pandemic)' and some are quitting, one nurse in Michigan reports.
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PublishedNovember 2, 2020
Colleges to ramp up virus testing before Thanksgiving
Dispersing all of those students poses a risk: They might unwittingly infect family, friends and others at home if they happen to be carrying the virus.
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PublishedOctober 31, 2020
‘Obamacare’ sign-ups begin as millions more are uninsured
But President Trump is asking the Supreme Court to overturn the entire law.
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PublishedOctober 31, 2020
ZIP codes in Cumberland County still have highest infection rates
Not surprisingly, the state's most densely populated areas have the highest rates of COVID-19, with neighborhoods in Portland, Falmouth, Westbrook and Lewiston at the top.
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PublishedOctober 30, 2020
Report: CMMC failed to take precautions during COVID-19 outbreak
Investigators found the Lewiston hospital had a number of problems, including an unsanitary ICU.
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PublishedOctober 30, 2020
COVID-19 hospitalizations ticking up and spreading out in Maine as new cases soar
The inpatient caseload is spread over an unusually wide number of hospitals, while Portland’s are remarkably quiet.
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PublishedOctober 29, 2020
Questions and answers about the new rapid COVID-19 tests coming to Maine
The antigen tests, which provide results within 15 minutes, will be available at Walgreens starting sometime in November.
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PublishedOctober 28, 2020
FBI warns ransomware assault threatens U.S. health care system
What one expert calls ‘the most significant cyber security threat we’ve ever seen in the United States’ could further stress hospitals burdened by a nationwide spike in COVID-19 cases.
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