Portland’s wastewater plants show declines of 98% and 97% since early January.
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Nearly half of Biden’s 500 million free COVID-19 tests still unclaimed
The White House says Americans have placed 68 million orders for packages of tests, which leaves about 46 percent of the stock of tests still available to be ordered.
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Maine nursing schools see enrollments rise amid pandemic
Students preparing for hospital careers say they aren’t discouraged by the pressures of the pandemic, and instead are eager to help.
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Many healthy Americans, including students in school, can take a break from masks, CDC says
Most of Maine remains at high risk under the new guidelines and masks are still recommended indoors in 13 of the state’s 16 counties.
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As nurses call attention to emergency room violence, Maine Medical Center steps up support
Nurses and hospital officials say the emergency department is facing more pressures from a growing number of patients with mental illnesses, some of whom can be violent.
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As ‘stealth omicron’ advances, scientists are learning more
The coronavirus mutant widely known as stealth omicron is now causing more than a third of new omicron cases around the world.
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Maine’s pandemic death toll passes 2,000 while COVID hospitalizations drop to 4-month low
As Maine hospitalizations drop below 200 patients for the first time since October, the state reports 53 additional deaths from a review of vital records.
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Maine Med emergency department nurses to protest ‘workplace violence’
A union official says, ‘They have been kicked, hit, spit upon and concussed at the hands of patients.’
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U.S. pregnancy-related deaths climbed in 2020, with Black women most affected
A federal report does not include reasons for the trend and researchers said they have not fully examined how COVID-19 might have contributed.
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Lawmakers face pressure to pass mental health legislation
The pandemic exacerbated the nation’s already disturbing mental health concerns.