Health
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PublishedMay 22, 2020
Antimalarial drug touted by Trump increased risk of death in coronavirus patients, study says
Past studies have found scant or no evidence that hydroxychloroquine's helps sick patients, while reports mounted of dangerous heart problems associated with its use.
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PublishedMay 22, 2020
Maine fails to deliver online inspections as restaurants reopen in pandemic
Officials planned to update the state's inspections database five years ago, but it still hasn't happened.
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PublishedMay 21, 2020
Maine CDC adds detailed pandemic data, promises more soon
Maine is the only state that's not providing daily negative test data, and alone in New England in not reporting cases by town.
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PublishedMay 19, 2020
Patients testing positive for virus after recovery aren’t infectious, South Korean study shows
Scientists from the Korean Centers for Disease Control and Prevention studied 285 survivors who had tested positive for the coronavirus after their illness had apparently resolved.
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PublishedMay 18, 2020
Trump says he’s taking malaria drug to guard against coronavirus, despite safety warnings
The president spent weeks pushing the drug as a potential cure for COVID-19, against the advice of top medical professionals, who say the drug can cause significant side effects and has not been shown to combat the new coronavirus.
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PublishedMay 16, 2020
Racial disparity in Maine’s COVID-19 cases deepens
But in one of the whitest states in the country, there is also growing concern about stigmatizing immigrant and minority communities.
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PublishedMay 15, 2020
What’s safe as states start to reopen? Here’s what some experts say.
Every activity is an exercise in weighing the risks, so it's important to take precautions.
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PublishedMay 15, 2020
Trump confident in virus test made by company in Scarborough
Despite reports of false negatives, the president and his deputies have promoted the 15-minute Abbott Laboratories test as a 'game changer' and have been using it for weeks.
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PublishedMay 15, 2020
COVID-19 hospitalizations in Maine stay flat for 5th week
The data don't likely reflect any effects yet of loosened social distancing measures.
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PublishedMay 15, 2020
Places without social distancing have 35 times more potential virus spread, study finds
The study, published in the journal Health Affairs, looked at the policies mandating social distancing, and found that the longer a measure was in effect, the slower the daily growth rate of COVID-19.
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