The federal agency holds its first news briefing in months, and officials said they are alarmed to see 1 million new cases reported across the United States within the past week.
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Isolated for months, Hawaiian island crew sees pandemic for 1st time
Most of the world has been living with the coronavirus for months, but a small group of environmental workers is only now adjusting to the pandemic.
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Virus threat reaches into halls of Congress, clouding Senate agenda
The dynamic in the U.S. Capitol highlights the mixed messages being sent by many of the nation’s top leaders about COVID-19 dangers.
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Heading into holidays, U.S. COVID-19 testing strained again
More people are waiting for hours in long lines to get tested for the coronavirus, as cases surge nationwide and families hope to gather safely for the holidays
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Unemployment claims remain high in Maine
More than 2,500 residents applied for state and federal jobless benefits in the second week of November.
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U.S. jobless claims increase to 742,000 as pandemic worsens
The economy’s modest recovery is increasingly at risk, with newly confirmed daily infections in the United States having exploded 80 percent over the past two weeks.
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Mills imposes 9 p.m. closing time for restaurants, tasting rooms and other venues
The new restrictions were announced on a day when the Maine CDC reported 215 new COVID-19 cases and one additional death.
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The Latest: Mexico becomes fourth country to hit 100,000 COVID-19 deaths
The latest on the coronavirus pandemic from around the U.S. and the world.
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Bill Nemitz: Wearing a mask is hard? Yeah, right
Those who don’t want to wear face coverings during the pandemic don’t know the meaning of inconvenience.
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Coronavirus death toll surges past 250,000 in U.S.
That’s higher than the number of American military deaths in every conflict since the Korean War as well as those recorded during the U.S. Civil War.