A Lewiston pediatrician said new COVID-19 cases among children have risen over the past couple of weeks and nearly half of them had a runny nose.
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Mainers younger than 20 now account for nearly half of state’s new COVID cases
The state reported 319 cases among people under 20 years old, a 3-day total that is the highest for that group in any report during the pandemic.
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Maine has record number of COVID-19 patients on ventilators
In two weeks, the number of infected people who need ventilators to breathe has jumped from 28 to 40.
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Gorham native leads team conducting sequencing of COVID-19 tests to detect variants
UMaine grad Ryan Tewhey, a human genetics researcher, took his dream job at The Jackson Laboratory in 2017. Things haven’t played out how he imagined so far, but he’s OK with that.
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Members of Maine’s congressional delegation react to president’s sweeping vaccination mandate
Though their views are mixed, they agree on one thing: Americans should get vaccinated against COVID-19.
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Biden issues sweeping new vaccine mandates affecting 100 million Americans
Telling the unvaccinated ‘your refusal has cost all of us,’ the president lays out plans to mandate vaccines for federal workers, require vaccinations or weekly tests for employees at companies with 100 or more workers, and lay the groundwork for booster shots.
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As COVID testing demand skyrockets, finding a no-cost site could be tricky
As the state works through a backlog of positive test results, finding a no-cost COVID testing site is yet another challenge as the pandemic continues.
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Decision to not get vaccinated could have devastating effects for others, Maine CDC director says
As hospitals see an influx of COVID-19 patients, the majority of them are unvaccinated.
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Group sues Maine DHHS to block vaccine mandate for health care workers
Plaintiffs in the second of 2 lawsuits claim the DHHS is violating health care workers’ constitutional rights and failed to follow proper procedures when adopting the requirement.
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MaineHealth network postponing some elective procedures to make room for COVID-19 surge
With Maine’s case counts now the worst in New England, there is ‘no end in sight’ to when hospitals can resume normal operations, a hospital executive says.