City staff said Tuesday that Lewiston should create its own inspection program for lodging houses, as the state considers ending inspections.
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State declares outbreak at Cumberland County Jail, but sheriff says tests are not clear
The state CDC reported 2 new cases of COVID-19 at the jail in Portland on Tuesday, but the sheriff said a retest of one inmate came back negative and a second is pending.
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Maine CDC reports 8 new COVID-19 cases, announces 18 ‘swab and send’ testing sites
The state continues to avoid a spike in new cases that has been cause for alarm elsewhere as it expands testing availability even further.
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The Latest: Florida continues to surpass coronavirus records
The latest on the coronavirus pandemic from around the U.S. and the world. FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida — Florida surpassed its daily record for coronavirus deaths Tuesday amid rising global worries of a resurgence, even as researchers announced that the first vaccine tested in the U.S. had worked to boost patients’ immune systems. Florida’s 132 additional […]
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Repurposing and science — the way to go with COVID-19
While the outlook for therapies — for things that will save your life — is bright, the outlook for a coronavirus vaccine, so hoped for, is confused. Assuming that a vaccine is perfected, that it works on most people and across a range of mutations, the stage is set for chaotic distribution.
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Sally Pipes: Will COVID-19 launch an epidemic of cancer?
With coronavirus cases spiking, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has issued an order halting the state’s reopening and banning elective procedures in hot-spot counties. As more states see viral outbreaks, many governors will be tempted to follow Gov. Abbott’s example. But COVID-19 is not the only threat to public health. Millions of Americans have put off […]
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Maine CDC reports 2 more deaths, 19 new cases of coronavirus
Maine saw 3 deaths over a weekend that otherwise showed continued positive trends of low hospitalizations.
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COVID-19 heroes must jump through hoops for workers’ comp
In nearly all states, they have to prove they got the virus on the job to qualify for benefits.
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Pandemic, racism compound worries about Black suicide rate
Health experts have warned of a looming mental health crisis – but doctors and researchers say the issues reverberate deeper among Black people.
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U.S. coronavirus deaths take a long-expected turn for the worse
Researchers expect deaths to rise for at least some weeks, but some say the count probably will not go up as dramatically as it did in the spring.