Health care
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PublishedJuly 21, 2021
White House officials debate masking push as COVID infections spike
One idea is to ask all Americans to wear masks when vaccinated and unvaccinated people mix at public places or indoors.
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PublishedJuly 21, 2021
Biden says getting vaccinated ‘gigantically important’
At a town hall in Ohio, the president displays exasperation that so many eligible Americans are still reluctant to get a shot.
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PublishedJuly 21, 2021
Maine hospitals giving wage increases to address pandemic workforce shortages
MaineHealth is investing $61 million in raises for 18,000 employees, the health care network announced Wednesday. Other major health care networks have done the same.
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PublishedJuly 21, 2021
Climb continues as Maine reports 47 new cases of COVID-19 and 5 more deaths
Maine's increases are lower than some parts of the country, such as Florida and Missouri, where the delta variant has taken hold.
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PublishedJuly 20, 2021
Tentative opioid deal would provide $26 billion and a new way to regulate painkillers
Opioid overdose deaths in the U.S. have claimed more than 500,000 lives since 1999, and Maine's drug overdose deaths increased by 33% in 2020.
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PublishedJuly 20, 2021
COVID-19 cases rising steadily in Maine, but CDC isn’t alarmed yet
Maine reported 153 cases for the 3 days ending Monday, and the 7-day case average increased to 49, more than twice what it was just 2 weeks ago.
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PublishedJuly 19, 2021
More than half of Mainers age 12-19 have had COVID-19 shots
Nationwide, only about 14% of the population that is younger than 18 has had even a first dose of coronavirus vaccine, according to data from Mayo Clinic.
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PublishedJuly 16, 2021
Delta variant takes hold in U.S. as coronavirus cases rise nearly 70%
‘This is becoming a pandemic of the unvaccinated,’ says Rochelle Walensky, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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PublishedJuly 15, 2021
FDA expects kids younger than 12 to start getting vaccinated in midwinter
Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech began trials in March for their vaccines for kids under 12. The results are expected to be made public in the fall.
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PublishedJuly 15, 2021
Lewiston-Auburn remains a COVID-19 hot spot, data suggests
A total of 23 new COVID-19 cases were reported over the past two weeks.
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