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Pfizer says early findings signal its COVID-19 vaccine is 90% effective

by LINDA A. JOHNSON and LAURAN NEERGAARD Associated Press November 9, 2020November 9, 2020

The pharmaceutical company is now on track to apply later this month for emergency-use approval from the Food and Drug Administration.

MaineGeneral in Augusta, the state’s busiest hospital for coronavirus, hits an all-time peak.

by DANICA KIRKA Associated Press November 5, 2020November 5, 2020

The drugmaker is ramping up manufacturing so it can supply hundreds of millions of doses starting in January if approved.

The outbreak at Franklin Memorial Hospital started last week with four cases.

A Lewiston nursing home and three area school systems also have cases or exposures to the virus.

by TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press November 2, 2020November 2, 2020

Adding to the strain, experienced nurses are ‘burned out with this whole (pandemic)’ and some are quitting, one nurse in Michigan reports.

by CARLA K. JOHNSON Associated Press November 1, 2020November 1, 2020

About 53 million people already have access, but thanks to a 2016 law, no one should have any more struggle getting through red tape.

by RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press October 31, 2020

But President Trump is asking the Supreme Court to overturn the entire law.

The inpatient caseload is spread over an unusually wide number of hospitals, while Portland’s are remarkably quiet.

The antigen tests, which provide results within 15 minutes, will be available at Walgreens starting sometime in November.