Health care
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PublishedApril 24, 2020
Group opens support line for Maine youths during outbreak and beyond
The National Alliance on Mental Illness has a new mental health support line for Maine residents age 14 to 20.
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PublishedApril 24, 2020
Numbers of virus patients in Maine hospitals continue to flatten and decline
Restricting activity in the state has flattened the COVID-19 curve and taken the pressure off hospitals, a Press Herald analysis finds, but dangers remain.
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PublishedApril 23, 2020
Fear of virus exposure keeping many Mainers from going to doctors and hospitals
Some who need treatment for appendicitis, chest pains or stroke-like symptoms are reluctant to seek it, putting their long-term health at risk, doctors say.
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PublishedApril 22, 2020
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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PublishedApril 22, 2020
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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PublishedApril 22, 2020
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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PublishedApril 21, 2020
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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PublishedApril 21, 2020
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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PublishedApril 21, 2020
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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PublishedApril 20, 2020
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.
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