“We have your back. Please have ours,” Central Maine Healthcare, MaineGeneral Health and Northern Light Health leaders wrote in a joint letter released Wednesday.
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Facing pressure, state lab to stop processing COVID-19 tests for hospitals
Six hospitals rely on the Maine CDC lab almost exclusively, while others do so in times of surging demand.
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Pfizer says it can’t supply more vaccine to U.S. until summer because of sales to other nations
The Trump administration’s Operation Warp Speed declined last summer to lock in another 100 million vaccine doses.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Maine to receive first allotment of vaccines in series of shipments
The first round of shipments, totaling 72,925 doses destined for front-line health care workers and long-term care residents, will include both Pfizer and Moderna products, the Maine CDC says.
Posted inHealth, Maine
COVID-19 patient numbers return to peak at Maine Med, surge at other hospitals
Statewide hospitalizations hit an all-time high of 144 Thursday, though only 43 were in intensive care, a healthier ratio than at other times in the past two weeks.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Maine hospitals preparing for rollout of COVID-19 vaccines
Hospital systems across the state are lining up ultra-cold freezers and preparing to vaccinate staff and other community members within weeks, but some Mainers may not be vaccinated until later next year.
Posted inHealth, Lewiston-Auburn
Lewiston Police Department reports 11 cases of COVID-19
The department remains operational.
Posted inHealth, Maine
As virus surges, Maine hospitals hold their own, Maine Med feels stress
Hospitals have outpaced the disease in adding critical care capacity as coronavirus hospitalizations have hit record levels.
Posted inHealth, Nation / World, News
Pushed to rush, FDA head says vaccine approval isn’t automatic
Dr. Stephen Hahn’s comments came just hours before he met with the White House chief of staff.
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Health care workers, nursing home residents should be first to get vaccines, CDC panel says
The directions are to prioritize health care workers and residents of long-term care facilities to get shots of coronavirus vaccine in the initial rollout.