North Korea imposed nationwide lockdowns on Thursday after confirming its first COVID-19 cases of the pandemic.
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Maine reports slight rise in COVID hospitalizations
The state also reported 773 new cases and two additional deaths.
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U.S. ‘vulnerable’ to COVID without new shots, new COVID chief says
Dr. Ashish Jha’s warning comes as President Biden somberly ordered flags to half-staff to mark 1 million pandemic deaths.
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North Korea reports 6 deaths after admitting COVID-19 outbreak
Experts say a failure to slow coronavirus infections could have serious consequences because North Korea has a poor health care system and its 26 million people are believed to be mostly unvaccinated.
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Portland City Council to meet remotely because of high COVID case counts
Shortly after the city made its decision, the U.S. CDC updated its data, moving Cumberland County from high to moderate risk of transmission.
Posted inNew England, News
Massachusetts reaches $56 million settlement in suit over deadly COVID-19 outbreak at soldiers’ home
At least 84 veterans died, and dozens of others including staff got sick with the disease.
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Report: Trump officials, meat companies knew workers at risk
Meat processors lobbied hard to keep their plants open during the pandemic, winning relaxed health rules and designation by Trump as critical infrastructure.
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COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations rise sharply in Maine
While the state continues to have one of the highest infection rates in the nation, the U.S. CDC downgrades transmission levels in southern and coastal Maine.
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Biden co-hosts 2nd global COVID summit as U.S. nears 1 million deaths
The virus has killed more than 995,000 people in the U.S. and at least 6.2 million people globally, according to the U.S. CDC and WHO.
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Commentary: Democrats are flunking Pandemic 101
Passing a stalled federal spending bill for vaccines and other COVID-fighting measures would be good for the country and the party. It shouldn’t be so hard to do.