While the state hasn’t recommended that hospital workers use handmade masks, Facebook groups are filling requests from health care providers.
March 2020
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The ‘no-win’ Olympics get another chance
The delay to postpone the Tokyo Olympic Games was about money.
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With Olympics on hold, Phelps worries about mental health of athletes
The retired swimming great, who is open about his mental health struggles, worries athletes may have a hard time with their goal postponed.
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Key medical glove factories cutting staff 50% amid virus
Malaysia, the world’s largest medical glove supplier, stopped all manufacturing last week and factories have had to seek exemptions to reopen.
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For New York, 58-cent medical masks now priced at $7.50 each
Hospitals have been forced to search the black market for essential equipment.
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Egypt, Syria announce nighttime curfews to slow virus
Egypt has over 400 cases and 22 fatalities.
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College notebook: Casale wins Maine player of the year honors
Cheverus graduate Jack Casale, a junior at St. Joseph’s College, is named the Maine State Player of the Year for the second straight season.
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More grocery stores asking shoppers not to use reusable bags
To reduce the spread of coronavirus, Gov. Janet Mills signs an order delaying a statewide ban on single-use plastic bags until 2021.
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Border towns see run on drug touted by Trump but unproven as coronavirus cure
The demand in Mexico is so high that pharmacists now require written prescriptions that state the medicine is for patients with conditions for which hydroxychloroquine is normally used.
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Volunteers sew masks for health workers facing shortages
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in New Hampshire is preparing kits with fabric and elastic while Joann Stores is making all of its 800-plus locations available for people to make masks and hospital gowns.