Health care
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PublishedJanuary 10, 2022
Home COVID tests to be covered by insurers starting Saturday
Private health insurers will be required to cover as many as eight home COVID-19 tests per month for those on their plans.
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PublishedJanuary 10, 2022
COVID-19 hospitalizations exceed 400 for the first time in Maine
There were 403 patients hospitalized with the disease Monday, but the number of ICU patients has remained steady.
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PublishedJanuary 7, 2022
Maine buys 250,000 rapid COVID tests to distribute to pharmacies, schools, congregate care sites
The tests will go to sites already participating in COVID-19 testing, but it's unclear exactly when they will be available and how best to access them.
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PublishedJanuary 7, 2022
Hospitalizations skyrocket in kids too young for COVID shots
Many children hospitalized with COVID-19 have other health conditions that make them more susceptible to complications from the virus.
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PublishedJanuary 7, 2022
Hospitalizations set record in Maine as omicron creates new hot spots for infections
The variant has spread first in coastal and more populous counties, driving up infection rates where they had been relatively low just three weeks ago, and experts predict cases soon will spike in every county.
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PublishedJanuary 6, 2022
White House, Postal Service finalizing plans to ship COVID test kits to U.S. households
The administration will launch a website allowing people to request tests, say four people familiar with the plans. The effort comes as the highly contagious omicron variant fuels a wave of new infections and a scramble for coronavirus tests nationwide.
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PublishedJanuary 6, 2022
Omicron surge vexes parents of children too young for vaccine
While omicron appears to cause less severe disease and lead to fewer hospitalizations, its rapid spread indicates that it is much more contagious than other variants.
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PublishedJanuary 6, 2022
Maine schools face ‘unfathomable challenges’ as omicron spreads
The Maine Department of Education reported Thursday that 4,946 cases of COVID-19 have been reported in school populations in the last 30 days.
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PublishedJanuary 5, 2022
Finding a COVID test is still a challenge for most Mainers
Appointments at local pharmacies are often booked for a week out and the supply of at-home rapid antigen tests is inconsistent.
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PublishedJanuary 5, 2022
U.S. hospitals experience a different kind of COVID-19 surge this time
The omicron variant infects more people, so hospitals must cope with more patients and more health-care workers who test positive, but patients aren't as sick as with previous variants.
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