Health
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PublishedMay 1, 2020
Maine’s rural hospitals, clinics to receive $131 million in federal aid
The funding is part of the CARES Act passed in late March to deal with economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.
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PublishedMay 1, 2020
FDA allows emergency use of drug to fight COVID-19
The agency acts after preliminary results from a government-sponsored study showed that remdesivir shortened the time to recover by about 4 days on average.
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PublishedMay 1, 2020
Hospitalizations of Maine COVID-19 patients flatten or decline for 3rd week
Despite outbreaks in a Portland poultry processing plant and a Bangor homeless shelter, hospitalizations are down in those cities from a week ago.
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PublishedApril 30, 2020
Drug maker to produce Oxford’s experimental vaccine as worldwide race heats up
The Trump administration is pushing to make shots available for Americans by year's end, as one possible coronavirus vaccine developed at Oxford University entered human testing last week.
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PublishedApril 30, 2020
A coronavirus drug seems to work. What’s next?
No drug currently is approved for treating the virus, but the nation's top infectious disease expert says he expects remdesivir to receive emergency approval from the FDA.
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PublishedApril 29, 2020
Sewage may tell us when the coronavirus lockdown will end
Americans might find the idea gross, but wastewater early-warning systems have helped catch norovirus, Hepatitis A and other diseases around the world for decades.
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PublishedApril 29, 2020
Experimental drug tested at Maine Med proves effective against coronavirus in study
The Portland hospital has joined two worldwide clinical trials for Gilead Sciences’ remdesivir.
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PublishedApril 29, 2020
Older Mainers strive to stay fit and healthy during the pandemic
Regular exercise combats the double whammy of inactivity and isolation that can cause or worsen many physical and mental health problems.
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PublishedApril 28, 2020
Blood test helped detect cancer before symptoms, study finds
However, it still needs improvements as the test group was only women 65 to 75 years old.
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PublishedApril 28, 2020
In rural U.S., fears of virus seem far away as stores reopen
Parts of the U.S. are starting to lift closures, and some of the quickest to reopen have been rural states like Montana, Vermont and Alaska.
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