But in one of the whitest states in the country, there is also growing concern about stigmatizing immigrant and minority communities.
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Trump confident in virus test made by company in Scarborough
Despite reports of false negatives, the president and his deputies have promoted the 15-minute Abbott Laboratories test as a ‘game changer’ and have been using it for weeks.
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COVID-19 hospitalizations in Maine stay flat for 5th week
The data don’t likely reflect any effects yet of loosened social distancing measures.
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Virus whistleblower tells lawmakers they should be worried U.S. has no vaccine plan
The U.S. immunologist who says he lost his government job because he warned the Trump administration to prepare for the coronavirus pandemic isn’t backing off a bleak forecast of ‘the darkest winter in modern history.’
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Maine is the only state that’s not calculating positive test rate daily
The Maine CDC says the proportion of people testing positive for COVID-19 is a key metric used to monitor outbreaks and guide reopening, but it is calculating the rate only once a week.
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Exhaustion, uncertainty mark COVID-19 survivors’ journeys
Among them is a retired U.S. Marine from York, Maine, who worries how his lingering health problems will affect his work as a survival instructor for a Department of Defense contractor.
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Fauci warns of more death, economic damage if U.S. reopens too soon
The advice from the nation’s top infectious disease expert and other key government officials is at odds with a president who urges on protests of state-ordered restraints and insists that ‘we’re making tremendous strides.’
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Dentists criticize Mills administration for not letting routine care resume
Maine is one of the few states that haven’t allowed dentists to reopen for routine visits, and some patients are suffering infections and other problems because they have not been treated.
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White House recommends tests for all nursing home residents
It wasn’t clear why it is being recommended now, more than 2 months after the nation’s first major outbreak at a nursing home eventually killed 43 people.
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Trump is dealing with virus at White House even as he pushes to ‘reopen’ U.S.
The reality of top administration officials, including the vice president, having to isolate themselves comes as states seek to loosen economic restrictions imposed mitigate the virus’ spread.