At least four patients have died at their homes or long-term care facilities while waiting for admission to overcrowded hospitals this month, an official said.
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Unemployment benefits for millions in limbo as Trump rages
They are set to lapse at midnight Saturday night unless the president signs an end-of-year COVID relief and spending bill that had been considered a done deal before his objections.
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Can COVID-19 vaccines get us to herd immunity? ‘The jury is definitely still out’
Top infectious-disease official Dr. Anthony Fauci says the number of U.S. people who need to be vaccinated to achieve herd immunity has been underestimated.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Mnuchin’s loyalty faces painful setback as president shreds stimulus deal
The Treasury secretary walked a tightrope between Trump and congressional leaders to negotiate the COVID stimulus bill, ostensibily with the president’s blessing.
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The Latest: Canada records 1st cases of new virus variant
TORONTO — Officials in Canada’s most populous province have confirmed the first two known Canadian cases of of a more contagious variant of COVID-19 that was first identified in the United Kingdom. The province’s associate chief medical officer says that the cases are a couple from Durham Region, just east of Toronto, with no known […]
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Maine CDC reports no new COVID cases because state lab was closed on Christmas
The lab did not process samples Friday and other labs that typically report results to the public health agency also did not do so on the holiday.
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Backlog in Maine courts grows as virus surge delays some trials and hearings
The disruption is adding to a mounting backlog of criminal cases with a return to normal operations at least months away.
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Nordic skis, snowshoes flying off the shelves in Maine
Local ski shops say the shortage appears linked to a desire by Mainers to get outdoors safely while the pandemic rages.
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PMA director: We can’t leave nonprofits out in the cold
Maine nonprofits provide essential support and must be included in federal COVID relief funding.
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U.S. plants hope to maintain production despite virus threat
But as it will be months before many people will be vaccinated, factories will remain vulnerable.