Health
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PublishedMay 15, 2020
States, companies write their own rules for temperature screening in a pandemic
Without a national screening strategy, informal disease-surveillance systems have sprung up with different detection levels, potentially creating confusion about what is a safe temperature.
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PublishedMay 14, 2020
Virus whistleblower tells lawmakers they should be worried U.S. has no vaccine plan
The U.S. immunologist who says he lost his government job because he warned the Trump administration to prepare for the coronavirus pandemic isn't backing off a bleak forecast of 'the darkest winter in modern history.'
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PublishedMay 13, 2020
Maine is the only state that’s not calculating positive test rate daily
The Maine CDC says the proportion of people testing positive for COVID-19 is a key metric used to monitor outbreaks and guide reopening, but it is calculating the rate only once a week.
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PublishedMay 13, 2020
Exhaustion, uncertainty mark COVID-19 survivors’ journeys
Among them is a retired U.S. Marine from York, Maine, who worries how his lingering health problems will affect his work as a survival instructor for a Department of Defense contractor.
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PublishedMay 12, 2020
Fauci warns of more death, economic damage if U.S. reopens too soon
The advice from the nation's top infectious disease expert and other key government officials is at odds with a president who urges on protests of state-ordered restraints and insists that 'we're making tremendous strides.'
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PublishedMay 11, 2020
Dentists criticize Mills administration for not letting routine care resume
Maine is one of the few states that haven't allowed dentists to reopen for routine visits, and some patients are suffering infections and other problems because they have not been treated.
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PublishedMay 11, 2020
White House recommends tests for all nursing home residents
It wasn't clear why it is being recommended now, more than 2 months after the nation's first major outbreak at a nursing home eventually killed 43 people.
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PublishedMay 11, 2020
Trump is dealing with virus at White House even as he pushes to ‘reopen’ U.S.
The reality of top administration officials, including the vice president, having to isolate themselves comes as states seek to loosen economic restrictions imposed mitigate the virus’ spread.
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PublishedMay 11, 2020
Thermal scanners are being deployed to detect coronavirus. But they don’t really work.
Industry experts actively dissuade buyers from using the cameras as 'fever detectors,' because they aren't designed for medical use.
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PublishedMay 11, 2020
Veterans groups, government brace for surge in mental health needs
The Department of Veterans Affairs and its partner mental health providers have kept thousands of veterans in treatment during the coronavirus pandemic through telehealth appointments
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