Health care
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PublishedDecember 13, 2021
Democrats’ effort to cap insulin prices faces Republican opposition
Senate Republicans are eyeing a procedural move to prevent the insulin cap from applying to privately insured Americans.
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PublishedDecember 10, 2021
Delivery of free at-home COVID-19 tests possible in Maine if federal program expands
New Hampshire delivered 800,000 tests to people's homes in 24 hours as part of a federal pilot program that has quickly run out of funding.
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PublishedDecember 9, 2021
Large studies show huge benefit of COVID-19 booster shots
Scientists found that Israel’s aggressive campaign to shore up waning coronavirus immunity with a third dose of COVID-19 vaccine has saved lives and reduced new infections across the age spectrum.
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PublishedDecember 9, 2021
Federal ‘surge team’ coming to help Maine Medical Center with flood of COVID-19 patients
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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PublishedDecember 8, 2021
CMMC asks for federal assistance as COVID-19 continues to slam central and western Maine
Gov. Janet Mills said Wednesday that she requested teams of emergency medical personnel under a federal program on behalf of Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston and Maine Medical Center in Portland.
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PublishedDecember 8, 2021
Pfizer says booster of its COVID-19 vaccine offers protection against omicron
Pfizer and its partner BioNTech said that while 2 doses may not be strong enough to prevent infection, lab tests showed a booster increased by 25-fold people's levels of antibodies capable of fighting off omicron.
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PublishedDecember 7, 2021
First lab results show omicron has ‘much more extensive escape’ from antibodies than previous variants
The study also suggests that booster shots could be key in the battle with the variant.
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PublishedDecember 7, 2021
COVID hospitalizations keep rising as state reports 980 new cases, 12 deaths
Tuesday's report indicates no slowdown of the delta variant surge in Maine, which officials have warned could intensify through the holiday season.
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PublishedDecember 6, 2021
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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PublishedDecember 6, 2021
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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