Health care
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PublishedJuly 19, 2022
Maine Med doctor donates kidney to former patient in Wisconsin
Dr. Aji Djamali, who chairs the department of medicine at Maine Medical Center, wanted to publicize the donation to draw awareness to the need for organ donors.
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PublishedJuly 18, 2022
Fauci says he’ll retire from government post by the end of Biden’s term
As director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases since 1984, Anthony Fauci has advised 7 presidents through all manner of public health crises, including HIV/AIDS, the 2001 anthrax attacks, Ebola, Zika and coronavirus.
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PublishedJuly 18, 2022
COVID hospitalizations on the rise in Maine
The number of patients has risen 17% in a week and reached a nearly 5-week high on Monday.
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PublishedJuly 17, 2022
Maine COVID-19 hospitalizations rise slightly
The number of people in hospitals statewide with the coronavirus increased to 131 on Sunday, two more than the day before.
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PublishedJuly 17, 2022
Hospital workers are expected to ‘tolerate a level of abuse’ unacceptable anywhere else
There is a cultural expectation that health care workers, especially in hospitals, tolerate abusive behavior, making them less likely to want to pursue a criminal case and law enforcement and district attorneys less likely to prosecute, hospital workers told the Sun Journal.
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PublishedJuly 14, 2022
‘COVID-19 created the perfect storm’ for superbugs, CDC report says
Hospital-acquired infections and deaths from superbugs — drug-resistant bacteria, viruses, fungus and parasites — increased dramatically during the first year of the pandemic, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention said in a report this week.
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PublishedJuly 14, 2022
U.S. regulators clear way for more monkeypox vaccine shipments
State and local officials in the U.S. say the limited vaccine supplies aren’t keeping pace with the growing number of people seeking appointments, a gap that is fueling anxiety about the virus.
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PublishedJuly 14, 2022
With COVID surging, Los Angeles may soon require masks again
New omicron variants are again driving hospital admissions and deaths higher in recent weeks, causing states and cities to rethink their responses to COVID-19.
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PublishedJuly 14, 2022
LifeFlight hopes new simulation labs will help air ambulance service save more lives
The nonprofit recently opened high-tech simulation labs in Sanford, Lewiston and Bangor to give crew members the ability to train in hyperrealistic scenarios and receive real-time feedback on their work.
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PublishedJuly 10, 2022
As the BA.5 variant spreads, the risk of coronavirus reinfection grows
The latest omicron offshoot, BA.5, has quickly become dominant in the United States, driving a wave of reinfections across the country.
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