The coronavirus crisis has changed just about everything about giving birth in Maine.
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Georgia businesses reopen cautiously amid coronavirus worry
Gov. Brian Kemp relaxes a monthlong shutdown amid experts’ warnings of a potential surge in infections.
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Probe sought in Trump administration’s ouster of scientist
A top vaccine scientist says he was ousted for resisting political pressure to promote hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for COVID-19.
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11,000 deaths: Ravaged U.S. nursing homes plead for more testing
An industry group says only about a third of the 15,000 nursing homes in the U.S. have ready access to tests that can help isolate the sick and stop the spread.
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Virus targets immigrant enclave in Massachusetts’ hardest-hit community
The pandemic has devastated the Boston suburb of Chelsea, which has the highest infection rate in the state.
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Tyson Foods idles its largest pork plant after Iowa outbreak
More than 180 infections are linked to the facility and that number is projected to dramatically rise.
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More deaths, no benefit from drug touted by Trump for virus use, VA study finds
The nationwide study was not a rigorous experiment, but with 368 patients, it’s the largest look so far at hydroxychloroquine with or without the antibiotic azithromycin for COVID-19.
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Maine plans to double its coronavirus tracking staff
The state is hiring another 15 ‘disease detectives’ for a total of 30, but some health officials recommend a much higher number.
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Maine licensing boards caution doctors against prescribing unproven COVID-19 drugs
Two boards say that it would be ‘unprofessional conduct’ for doctors to prescribe chloroquine, hydroxychloroquine or azithromycin to themselves or family members, and that the drugs should not be prescribed for preventive purposes.
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Massachusetts recruiting 1,000 ‘contact tracers’ to identify those possibly exposed
The $44 million, time-intensive plan involves a call to someone who has tested positive for the coronavirus, and then a follow-up with everyone that person was in close contact with.