As the coronavirus spread, speculation about its origins was close behind.
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From medieval times to our current crisis, plagues often accelerate extremist movements
Since ancient times, pandemics have spurred sharp turns in political beliefs, spawning extremist movements, waves of mistrust and wholesale rejection of authorities. Americans are falling prey to the same phenomenon.
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Why some state and local governments are desperate for more stimulus aid
While tax revenue grew in some states last year, the majority – at least 26 states – were hit with shortfalls.
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Monday’s COVID-19 case count continues to remain low, Maine CDC reports
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday reported 150 new cases and no deaths.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
Lack of COVID-19 data on people with intellectual disabilities ‘comes with a body count’
Peter Prater’s family wasn’t thinking about COVID-19 when the call came that he had been taken to the hospital with a fever. It was April, and the Tallahassee Developmental Center, where Prater lives, hadn’t yet had any COVID-19 diagnoses. Prater, 55, who has Down syndrome and diabetes, became the Florida center’s first known case, his […]
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The Latest: New York should have released care home death data faster, Cuomo says
The latest on the coronavirus pandemic from around the U.S. and the world.
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Vaccine clinic brings hope, relief to elders on Peaks Island
Front-line immunization teams from Northern Light Health and MaineHealth administer shots to 130 senior residents of the community to fend off COVID-19.
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Central Maine restaurateurs work through uncertainty
Eleven months after the global coronavirus pandemic was declared, three restaurant owners talk about pushing past profound challenges to start or sustain their new businesses.
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‘Obamacare’ sign-ups reopen as Democrats push for more aid
Application are being accepted until May 15, a period about twice as long as annual open enrollment.
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Average new U.S. virus cases below 100,000 for 1st time in months
The last time it was this low was Nov. 4.