Degrees will still be awarded on schedule and individual campuses are making plans for alternative ceremonies.
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Former Bates lacrosse player Jack Allard yet to start experimental treatment
Doctors are waiting for 25-year-old’s condition to improve before he receives a novel antiviral drug called Remdesivir.
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Macy’s to furlough majority of its 125,000 workers
The retailer has lost the bulk of its sales due to the temporary closing of all 500 of its stores starting March 18.
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The Virus Diaries: A physician’s perspective
A Portland rheumatologist offers insight into how health care professionals, even those on the front line of the pandemic, approach their jobs. ‘They’re not heroes. They’re just doing what they’re trained and expected to do.’
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Gov. Mills eases some workforce training rules in high-demand fields
A community college system program is working on free online training programs in fields such as medical assisting.
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New York governor begs for help amid ‘staggering’ number of deaths
The state’s death toll climbed by more than 250 in a single day, for a total of more than 1,200 victims, most of them in New York City.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Singer John Prine is in stable condition, his wife says
He is on a ventilator while being treated for COVID-19-type symptoms.
Posted inLocal & State
What are Mainers searching for (on Google, anyway)
As expected, coronavirus queries dominated the rising data, but some spun off in unusual ways.
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Peaks Island’s only gas station and laundromat close after employee is infected
The businesses will close for two weeks ‘out of an abundance of caution,’ says Lionel Plante Associates.
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Coronavirus tests produced in Maine give results within minutes
The tests developed by Abbott Laboratories, which will start mass producing them this week, could substantially change how testing is done in the United States.