The Maine CDC says the proportion of people testing positive for COVID-19 is a key metric used to monitor outbreaks and guide reopening, but it is calculating the rate only once a week.
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Exhaustion, uncertainty mark COVID-19 survivors’ journeys
Among them is a retired U.S. Marine from York, Maine, who worries how his lingering health problems will affect his work as a survival instructor for a Department of Defense contractor.
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Fauci warns of more death, economic damage if U.S. reopens too soon
The advice from the nation’s top infectious disease expert and other key government officials is at odds with a president who urges on protests of state-ordered restraints and insists that ‘we’re making tremendous strides.’
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Dentists criticize Mills administration for not letting routine care resume
Maine is one of the few states that haven’t allowed dentists to reopen for routine visits, and some patients are suffering infections and other problems because they have not been treated.
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White House recommends tests for all nursing home residents
It wasn’t clear why it is being recommended now, more than 2 months after the nation’s first major outbreak at a nursing home eventually killed 43 people.
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Trump is dealing with virus at White House even as he pushes to ‘reopen’ U.S.
The reality of top administration officials, including the vice president, having to isolate themselves comes as states seek to loosen economic restrictions imposed mitigate the virus’ spread.
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Veterans groups, government brace for surge in mental health needs
The Department of Veterans Affairs and its partner mental health providers have kept thousands of veterans in treatment during the coronavirus pandemic through telehealth appointments
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COVID-19 hospitalizations in Maine flat for 4th week, but upticks in Portland and Bangor
Outbreaks at a meat plant, a rehab facility and a homeless shelter may account for the increases, as it’s too early to see any effects of loosened restrictions.
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Experts worry CDC is sidelined in nation’s coronavirus response
Complaints that have been heard for months have grown louder with repeated revelations that transmission-prevention guidance crafted by CDC scientists was never adopted by the White House.
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Racial disparity grows along with Maine’s number of virus cases
Blacks and African Americans make up 1.6% of Maine’s population but more than 6% of its coronavirus infections.