This pandemic is twisting us all into ethical knots, one of the knottiest of which is whether and when to wear a face mask. Masks have come to symbolize the partisan divide in this sick society of ours. One day last week, I stood in line at Home Depot in Topsham. The majority of the […]
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Maine CDC begins providing almost daily numbers for negative COVID-19 tests
Maine is the only state that has been unable to provide the key pandemic tracking metric.
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Maine eases quarantine rule for visitors as virus testing expands
Vermont and New Hampshire residents will not have to quarantine, and other visitors can avoid the 14-day quarantine if they certify they have tested negative for COVID-19 within 72 hours before checking in to a Maine lodging.
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COVID-19 patients at Maine Med decrease dramatically with wave of deaths, recoveries
Coronavrius inpatient counts remain flat at most other Maine hospitals.
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Letter: Maine senators shouldn’t support ‘heroes’ bailout
One trillion. A thousand billion. Ten thousand million. An almost incomprehensible number. Light travels at 186,000 miles per second or 5.88 trillion miles in a year. To analogize with money, you would have to spend $186,000 per second to burn through $5.88 trillion in a year. But our government is poised to do just that. […]
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Lewiston has had the most virus cases of any Maine ZIP code; part of Portland has the highest prevalence
The newly released data, covering only 55 of Maine’s 400 ZIP codes, show the northern Maine town of Medway with the second highest-caseload per capita.
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Maine still not providing basic COVID-19 metric but releases zip-code infection data
The Maine CDC is unable to provide full testing data each day but released zip-code level case counts and a searchable map Wednesday evening
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Duffy’s brings drive-in experience to OOB
Customers can order burgers, seafood, frappes and more.
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Portland’s major hospitals return to peak levels of COVID-19 patients
Maine Medical Center’s numbers match the early-April peak, while Mercy Hospital sets a new high.