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PublishedJanuary 11, 2022
Gov. Mills to send 169 more National Guard members to help Maine’s hospitals
It is the second time in a month that Mills has announced the deployment of Guard members to assist hospitals.
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PublishedJanuary 10, 2022
Franklin Memorial Hospital to reduce services temporarily due to spike in COVID-19 hospitalizations
Officials say services at Farmington hospital to be reduced to emergency and acutely ill patients.
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PublishedJanuary 10, 2022
Drugs to treat high-risk patients in critically short supply as omicron surge hits Maine
A national shortage leaves Maine’s doctors with a tiny fraction of the monoclonal antibody treatments their patients could use.
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PublishedJanuary 10, 2022
U.S. surgeons transplant pig heart into human patient, a medical 1st
The patient knew there was no guarantee the experiment would work but he was dying, ineligible for a human heart transplant and had no other option, his son said.
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PublishedJanuary 10, 2022
Home COVID tests to be covered by insurers starting Saturday
Private health insurers will be required to cover as many as eight home COVID-19 tests per month for those on their plans.
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PublishedJanuary 10, 2022
COVID-19 hospitalizations exceed 400 for the first time in Maine
There were 403 patients hospitalized with the disease Monday, but the number of ICU patients has remained steady.
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PublishedJanuary 7, 2022
Maine buys 250,000 rapid COVID tests to distribute to pharmacies, schools, congregate care sites
The tests will go to sites already participating in COVID-19 testing, but it's unclear exactly when they will be available and how best to access them.
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PublishedJanuary 7, 2022
Hospitalizations skyrocket in kids too young for COVID shots
Many children hospitalized with COVID-19 have other health conditions that make them more susceptible to complications from the virus.
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PublishedJanuary 7, 2022
Hospitalizations set record in Maine as omicron creates new hot spots for infections
The variant has spread first in coastal and more populous counties, driving up infection rates where they had been relatively low just three weeks ago, and experts predict cases soon will spike in every county.
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PublishedJanuary 6, 2022
Omicron surge vexes parents of children too young for vaccine
While omicron appears to cause less severe disease and lead to fewer hospitalizations, its rapid spread indicates that it is much more contagious than other variants.
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