The nonprofit is providing 50 emergency shelter beds at the Sullivan gymnasium in a setting that allows people to follow social distancing protocols.
Health
Posted inBusiness, Health, Local & State, New England
Governor orders travelers to self-quarantine, suspends all lodging businesses
The executive order requires anyone traveling from out of state to Maine to self-quarantine for 14 days.
advertisement
Posted inBusiness, Health, Local & State, News
Need a plumber? Make sure it’s an emergency
Service contractors in Maine such as plumbers, electricians and heating specialists are still available for urgent repairs, but nothing else.
Posted inHealth, Local & State
Two Rockport hospital doctors diagnosed with COVID-19
Any patients who may have been put at risk will be contacted by Pen Bay Medical Center, its president says.
Posted inHealth
Autism diagnosis more common in the U.S. as racial gap closes
Added screening, especially among black children, has led to the increase in diagnoses.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
Coronavirus how-to: What goes in your ‘pandemic pantry’?
When you can’t go out, be your own restaurant.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
Crafters make masks to bolster dwindling hospital supplies
While the state hasn’t recommended that hospital workers use handmade masks, Facebook groups are filling requests from health care providers.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
Key medical glove factories cutting staff 50% amid virus
Malaysia, the world’s largest medical glove supplier, stopped all manufacturing last week and factories have had to seek exemptions to reopen.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
Border towns see run on drug touted by Trump but unproven as coronavirus cure
The demand in Mexico is so high that pharmacists now require written prescriptions that state the medicine is for patients with conditions for which hydroxychloroquine is normally used.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
Can blood from coronavirus survivors treat the newly ill?
Plasma infusions were used most famously during the 1918 flu pandemic.