The average person is streaming eight hours of content each day, double the number of hours from before the pandemic.
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Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, New England
Virus sours business for already-reeling dairy industry
Farmers from Florida to Maine are dumping milk because no plants will take it and the price paid to farmers has collapsed again.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment
Singer Jon Bon Jovi asks kindergartners to ‘Do What You Can’
Rock icon Jon Bon Jovi popped in on a writing lesson about life in the coronavirus quarantine.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Maine unemployment office to extend call-in hours starting Monday
Calls filing claims will be answered Monday through Friday between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m., an extension of nearly three hours.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
Experimental drug remdesivir shows ‘hopeful’ signs in small group of coronavirus patients
Remdesivir was discovered by Gilead in the hunt for antiviral drugs about a decade ago, and it was shown to work against an array of viruses in laboratory tests.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
Maine doctors prescribing drugs unproven against COVID-19
The state regulatory board for pharmacies issues guidelines for prescribing chloroquine, hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin, drugs promoted by President Trump despite a lack of proof that they work.
Posted inNation & World, News
Detained immigrants plead for masks, protection from virus
The coronavirus is spreading in immigration detention, with more than 70 detainees in 12 states testing positive and hundreds of others under quarantine.
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn
Boston Brands of Maine starts bottling hand sanitizer
The Fireball Cinnamon Whisky maker is also donating high proof alcohol that the University of Maine is turning into hand sanitizer for Maine hospitals.
Posted inSports
Coronavirus and sports: Senior British Open postponed
The event is the fourth of the five senior majors to impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.
Posted inHealth, Local & State
Skowhegan hospital closes rehab unit after ‘small cluster’ tests positive for COVID-19
The chief nursing officer at the Redington-Fairview General Hospital confirmed that the unit has been closed while staff who may have been exposed to the virus self-quarantine and the facility is cleaned.