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Published
August 27, 2020

State opens new COVID-19 mobile testing lab, quadrupling capacity

The lab, which enables the Maine CDC to run more than 25,000 tests a week, is part of a partnership with Idexx that was announced in early May.
Published
August 27, 2020

The Latest: Back to class: Despite virus surge, Europe reopens schools
Published
August 27, 2020

Our View: Millinocket wedding outbreak shows why COVID rules matter

Infections linked to one event have spread across the state.
Published
August 27, 2020

Commentary: Are women leaders better at fighting COVID? It’s not that simple

Here’s what you need to know to separate myth from reality.
Published
August 26, 2020

COVID-19 lockdowns blocked flu in Southern Hemisphere

Country after country – South Africa, Australia, Argentina – have a surprise as winter there ends: Their steps against the coronavirus also apparently blocked the flu.

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Published
August 26, 2020

Justice Department seeks data on nursing home deaths in 4 Democratic-led states

Prosecutors say fact-finding letters sent to New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Michigan seek to determine whether order by the states 'may have resulted in the deaths of thousands' of elderly residents.
Published
August 26, 2020

COVID-19 cluster traced to Rhode Island bachelorette party

Nineteen of the 20 guests who attended the late July gathering at an undisclosed location were sickened, authorities said. Seventeen were from Massachusetts.
Published
August 26, 2020

Face masks in volleyball among fall sports safety measures

The Maine Principals' Association will decide Thursday whether high school sports – each with specific COVID-19 safety protocols – can be played this fall.
Published
August 26, 2020

New jobless aid to have limited benefits as more Mainers slip into poverty

Struggling Mainers have turned to state assistance to make ends meet since enhanced unemployment benefits expired at the end of July.
Published
August 26, 2020

Controversial change in CDC testing guidelines was directed by White House task force

The CDC now says it isn't necessary to test people who have been near infected people but are asymptomatic.