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Need for faster mental health care is focus of Augusta summit addressing ‘cracks in the system’

by Keith Edwards November 30, 2021December 1, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has magnified longstanding problems with mental health care as the demand for treatment has increased, experts say.

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FDA panel narrowly backs first-of-a-kind COVID-19 pill from Merck

by MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press November 30, 2021November 30, 2021

If authorized, the pill would be the first that doctors could prescribe for patients to take on their own to ease symptoms and speed recovery, a major step toward reducing hospital caseloads and deaths.

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Infections, deaths and hospitalizations mount as Maine braces for post-holiday rise in COVID-19

by Eric Russell November 30, 2021November 30, 2021

Maine set a new hospitalization record as health officials gear up for the possible arrival of a new variant, omicron, that has the world on edge.

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COVID-19 cases are surging in Maine’s least vaccinated counties

by Emily Bader November 29, 2021November 30, 2021

The positivity rate per 10,000 residents of Androscoggin, Oxford and Franklin counties are among the highest in the state.

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New variant cause for ‘concern, not panic,’ Biden says

by ZEKE MILLER Associated Press November 29, 2021November 29, 2021

The president urges 80 million unvaccinated Americans to get their shots, for the vaccinated to get boosted and for everyone to mask up.

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Maine officials, scientists monitoring new omicron variant as governor urges vaccinations

by Eric Russell November 29, 2021November 30, 2021

As of Monday, 322 individuals were in the hospital with COVID-19, including 99 in critical care.

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Coronavirus pandemic overshadows another Maine crisis: Drug overdose deaths

by Eric Russell November 27, 2021December 2, 2021

Maine is on pace to lose more than 600 residents to overdose this year, which would shatter the record set just last year.

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U.S. restricts travel from southern Africa as world races to contain new ‘omicron’ COVID variant

by RAF CASERT Associated Press November 26, 2021November 26, 2021

Omicron’s actual risks are not understood, but early evidence suggests it carries an increased risk of reinfection compared with other highly transmissible variants.