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.
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Shortage of swabs hampers COVID-19 testing in Maine nursing homes
Most of the facilities that responded to a survey said they lacked the basic tool to detect the disease.
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Coronavirus can cause damaging, even fatal blood clots from brain to toes
Doctors are noting a raft of clotting-related disorders, from benign skin lesions on the feet to life-threatening strokes and blood-vessel blockages.
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Maine’s rural hospitals, clinics to receive $131 million in federal aid
The funding is part of the CARES Act passed in late March to deal with economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.
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FDA allows emergency use of drug to fight COVID-19
The agency acts after preliminary results from a government-sponsored study showed that remdesivir shortened the time to recover by about 4 days on average.
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Hospitalizations of Maine COVID-19 patients flatten or decline for 3rd week
Despite outbreaks in a Portland poultry processing plant and a Bangor homeless shelter, hospitalizations are down in those cities from a week ago.
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A coronavirus drug seems to work. What’s next?
No drug currently is approved for treating the virus, but the nation’s top infectious disease expert says he expects remdesivir to receive emergency approval from the FDA.