Hospital systems across the state are lining up ultra-cold freezers and preparing to vaccinate staff and other community members within weeks, but some Mainers may not be vaccinated until later next year.
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Fed and Treasury urge Congress to approve more virus relief
Without more assistance, people will lose their homes and small businesses will fail, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell tells a House committee.
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Staff member of Fairfield area school district tests positive for COVID-19, superintendent says
A positive case of COVID-19 in a staff member at Benton Elementary School has brought the number of cases in SAD 49 to a total of five.
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Stay home for the holidays or get tested twice, CDC urges
The agency also announced new guidelines that shorten recommended quarantines after close contact with someone infected with coronavirus.
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UMaine men’s ice hockey team tries to stay sharp, shake off practice fatigue
Black Bears practicing, trying to cope with a season on pause due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Swamped hospitals scramble for pandemic help
Hospitals are trying to lure nurses and doctors out of retirement, recruiting students and new graduates who have yet to earn their licenses and offering eye-popping salaries in a desperate effort to ease staffing shortages.
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Liz Soares: Reconnecting with our past
In tumultuous times, we can turn to age-old traditions to reconnect with one another, Liz Soares writes.
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Britain OKs Pfizer vaccine and will begin shots within days
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is not scheduled to consider the vaccine until Dec. 10.
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Lewiston Police Department reports 11 cases in COVID-19 outbreak
“At this time we are continuing police operations, though the public may find certain administrative functions have been scaled back,” the Lewiston Police Department stated.
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The Latest: Fed reports virus surge is slowing U.S. economic activity
The latest on the coronavirus pandemic from around the U.S. and the world.