Pressure on Maine hospitals continued to rise Thursday as Maine reported a record number of new infections and intensive care patients.
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Gov. Mills activates National Guard as hospitals struggle with surge of COVID-19 patients
The Mills administration will send Guard personnel to support operations at hospitals statewide.
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Maine reports record spike in COVID-19 hospitalizations and ICU patients
The big one-day jump in the number of inpatients coincides with predictions of a post-Thanksgiving surge and ratchets up stress on the state’s hospitals.
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All private New York City businesses required to mandate COVID vaccines, mayor says
The measure will apply to roughly 184,000 businesses not covered by previous vaccine mandates, ranging from multinational corporations to mom-and-pop businesses.
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Past COVID-19 infection may not fend off omicron variant, study suggests
Much remains unknown about the new variant, including whether it is more contagious, as some health authorities suspect, whether it makes people more seriously ill, and whether it can thwart the vaccine.
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Pace of new COVID infections continues post-Thanksgiving rise
The delta variant continues to drive a surge in infections in Maine as the new omicron variant is being detected elsewhere in the country.
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U.S. is still battling delta variant, even as multiple omicron cases reported
For now, the extra-contagious delta variant accounts for practically all cases in the U.S. and continues to inflict misery at a time when many hospitals are struggling with shortages of nurses and a backlog of patients.
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People can’t get COVID boosters in Maine because of staffing woes at drugstores
People began reporting the issue on Twitter last week to Dr. Nirav Shah, Maine’s CDC director.
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U.S. reports 1st case of omicron variant in returning traveler
The vaccinated adult returned to California on Nov. 22 after a trip to South Africa and tested positive Monday.
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Maine health officials monitor new variant as delta drives record COVID-19 hospitalizations
Health officials are still waiting to see what effect the holiday weekend will have on transmission, but they expect cases to surge again.