It's the 10th time in the last 18 days that the daily case count topped 200 people in the state.

One cohort at Gardiner Area Middle School has entered fully remote learning, the second time a school in Maine School Administrative District 11 has entered "red" protocols, while contact tracing is underway for a pair of Regional School Unit 2 buildings.

Tens of thousands more are filing weekly to collect continued unemployment benefits as the economy continues to struggle.

Waterville's Inland Hospital and Pittsfield's Sebasticook Valley Hospital are working with Bangor's Eastern Maine Medical Center within the Northern Light system, officials said Wednesday.

With the nation on edge but a vaccine in sight, the complicated logistics of vaccinating hundreds of millions of Americans raise the stakes.

Putting off planned procedures that patients can defer safely is one of the few levers hospitals have to adjust their capacity as the virus spreads unchecked.

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From behind masks and plexiglass, the virus hasn’t stopped our commitment to students or to our collective vision of the future.

Hindsight shows that the CARES Act saved the U.S. economy, and how badly the country needs another round of bipartisan statesmanship.

Waiters and bartenders are losing their jobs – again – as governors and local officials shut down indoor dining and drinking establishments to combat the nationwide surge in coronavirus infections.

It's not clear if those inmates were infected during an ongoing outbreak at the prison in Windham, the state's largest single-site outbreak during the pandemic.

With four out of five daily trips from Brunswick to Boston back up and running following a two-month shut down in the spring and only up to 50 percent capacity on a train at a time, Downeaster officials are reporting only about 400 travelers per day— just about a quarter of projected totals. 

MaineGeneral CEO Chuck Hayes said 250 tests have been performed on staff members and residents at Gray Birch, and visitation is now "virtual only."

The Maine CDC has scaled back the scope of investigations, but unlike New Hampshire and other states still thinks the disease is containable.

Students at the Marti Stevens Learning Center built a chicken coop and raised the birds from the time they hatched.

Students at the Marti Stevens Learning Center built a chicken coop and raised the birds from the time they hatched.

Gov. Janet Mills' Economic Recovery Committee recommends long-term steps and investment to get the state's businesses and society back on track.

All basketball and hockey games have been called off through at least Dec. 8.

The cases include the second reported at Monmouth Memorial School, the first at Mount View High School, the third at Nokomis Regional High School and a substitute worker at Waterville Senior High School.

34 residents and 22 staffers have tested positive for the disease, which has slammed the memory care unit.

The Capital Judicial Center was closed to the public Tuesday and Wednesday.

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The Maine Department of Education plans to hire at least 21 nurses to conduct contact tracing at Maine schools.

A Maine medical supplies manufacturer has been awarded more than $11 million from the federal government to produce millions more testing swabs.

Colleges around Maine will send students home to finish the semester remotely after Thanksgiving, but only after testing to prevent the spread of COVID-19 during travel.

Millions of Americans are crowding the nation’s airports, many of them unwilling to miss out on seeing family and convinced they can do it safely.

The owners of the Bethel restaurant say they'll comply with judge's order to close until their license is reinstated.

Millions of pilgrims travel to Mexico City to celebrate the Virgin every Dec. 12.

Tom Keene had served as the Skowhegan Fire Chief from 1992 to 2001 and again from 2008 to 2014.

There are a total of three reported cases of COVID-19 at Skowhegan Area Middle School, the Maine Center for Disease Control & Prevention said Monday.

The game is one of several slated to be played at Mohegan Sun in Connecticut, as college basketball tries to navigate games during the coronavirus pandemic.

The Parade of Lights and live visits with Santa Claus will not happen this season in Waterville because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but other holiday activities are happening, including a house-lighting contest, book giveaways, letters to Santa and virtual visits with jolly ol' St. Nick.

Scott Greaney and his family expect to more than double the number of turkeys they process in a normal years, but with the pandemic, nothing is normal.

Despite pleas from the CDC to skip Thanksgiving travel, about 1 million people a day packed planes over the weekend.

Midcoast Pizza and More in Bath will serve a free Thanksgiving meal on Thursday, but only through pick-up or delivery due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Calls to both the Maine Crisis Line and the Intentional Warm Line have ticked back up as COVID-19 has spread in recent weeks.

In “Let Us Dream,” Francis also criticizes populist politicians who whip up rallies in ways reminiscent of the 1930s, and the hypocrisy of “rigid” conservative Catholics who support them.

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State officials reports 185 more coronavirus cases and one death Monday, and its director says new infections are outpacing the agency's ability to keep up.

MaineGeneral Health's chief executive officer, Chuck Hays, and Steve Diaz, the health system's chief medical officer, urge people to follow safety protocol and not to spend holidays with anyone they don't live with, except virtually.

Coronavirus has compounded the statewide problem that existed before its onset as it attacks EMTs and those training for the service.

Unlike the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, the Oxford-AstraZeneca candidate doesn’t have to be stored at ultra-cold temperatures, making it easier to distribute.

Doubts still linger among Mainers about the safest ways to use them, so here are some answers.

A second officer has has tested probable for the coronavirus as the small department adjusts to having two members of its force in quarantine.

The infection is one of two active cases at the University of Maine at Farmington.

Russia’s health care system has been under severe strains in recent weeks, as a resurgence of the coronavirus pandemic has swept the country.

The initiative focuses on expanding testing and increased public health education.

Tardiff-Belanger American Legion Post 39 on South Maple Street hosts bingo games every Sunday afternoon.

The coalition expresses support for COVAX, an international initiative to distribute vaccines to countries worldwide, which the U.S. declined to join under President Trump.

Some pop-up clinics are charging $150 or more for a place at the front of the line.