Plasma infusions were used most famously during the 1918 flu pandemic.
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For immune-suppressed patients, coronavirus a terrifying danger
‘Every time people don’t do social distancing is putting me closer and closer to death,’ one patient says.
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Young people urged to adhere to social distancing, but are they?
Some parents and educators say young people, in particular, are finding it hard to keep their distance to reduce infection risk.
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Italian death toll overtakes China’s as virus spreads
Italy has the world’s second-oldest population, and the vast majority of its dead – 87% – were over 70.
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Coronavirus how-to: How to clean your gadgets
Your cellphone is a germ factory.
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Coronavirus how-to: How do I clean and disinfect properly?
They aren’t the same thing.
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Gov. Mills closes restaurant dining rooms and bars, prohibits social gatherings of more than 10
The governor issues the executive order, which runs through March 31, after the number of coronavirus cases in the state goes from zero to 42 in less than a week.
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To keep seniors safe at home, Medicare expands telemedicine
The policy change was set in motion under the Trump administration’s emergency declarations.
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U.S. hospitals fear shortage of ventilators for virus patients
An estimated 960,000 coronavirus patients will need ventilators, but the Society of Critical Care Medicine says the the nation has only about 200,000 machines.
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Track Maine’s coronavirus cases by county
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention reports the status of cases daily.