The pandemic has not only stretched the small hospital’s patient care capacity to the limit, it also has an posed an immense physical and emotional challenge for staff, say the hospital president and the head of nursing.
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Virus will kill many more, White House projects as briefings resume
The Biden administration is projecting that as many as 90,000 Americans will die from COVID-19 in the next four weeks.
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States lift restrictions gradually amid fears of new variant
Although the COVID-19 death toll is close to all-time highs at nearly 3,350 a day on average, new cases and hospitalizations have dropped in the U.S.
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Senior citizens left in tears as Philadelphia let ‘college kids’ distribute vaccines
The group also quietly switched to a for-profit model and added a privacy policy that would allow it to sell users’ personal data.
Posted inLocal & State, Schools and Education
Report shows significant lack of quality child care in rural Maine communities
The effects of this need are far-reaching, but a statewide effort to improve the situation could turn around the lives of children in rural areas such as Somerset County.
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Hundreds sign up for shots at mass vaccination clinic in Bangor
Northern Light Health says it has partnered with the Cross Insurance Center to open a site at the Bangor facility Tuesday, with the goal of giving 900 doses that day.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Celebrating school choice in Maine amid the pandemic
Families’ education struggles are made tougher by state caps on the number of public charter schools and enrollment in virtual charters.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Ending hunger in Maine by decade’s end is still within our reach
Working with elected officials and philanthropic groups, we must invest in strategies that provide not only short-term relief but also long-term solutions.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World, News
Biden says he’s ‘bringing back the pros’ for virus briefings
The new president is dispatching the nation’s top scientists and public health experts to brief the American public regularly about the pandemic.
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Only one of the world’s 29 poorest countries has started coronavirus vaccinations
World Health Organization officials said last week that the West African nation of Guinea is the only low-income country of 29 to begin vaccinating.