Wednesday’s total of 433 new cases was the highest single-day count in 4 months, and 150 people with COVID-19 were hospitalized.
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Portland students return to classrooms for full-time, in-person learning
Tuesday marked the first day of school in Portland Public Schools and many other districts across the state, and parents and students were excited to return to in-person learning.
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Poison control centers report jump in people taking ivermectin, despite lack of evidence it works for COVID
Overdoses are associated with low blood pressure, decreased consciousness, confusion, hallucinations, seizures, coma and death.
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Virus transmission increases as Maine reports 475 new cases over 3 days
Ten of Maine’s 16 counties reported high transmission rates over the last 7 days, with some of the highest figures in counties with low vaccination rates.
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COVID hospitalizations remain high across Maine
The former head of the Maine CDC warned over the weekend that the delta variant is ‘pushing our hospitals to the limit.’
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Conspiracy theorist who held Belfast rally and called COVID-19 a hoax dies of COVID
Robert David Steele, a former CIA officer, had also claimed NASA is operating a child slave colony on Mars.
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Biden administration opens civil rights investigations over bans on school mask mandates
Letters were sent to officials in Iowa, South Carolina, Utah, Oklahoma and Tennessee, all of which bar local districts from mandating masks.
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EU takes Americans off its safe-visitor list as COVID-19 cases rise in U.S.
The guidance is nonbinding, however, and U.S. travelers should expect a mishmash of travel rules across the continent.
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Number of ICU patients in Maine hospitals jumps, tying pandemic’s all-time high
This latest surge, driven largely by unvaccinated Mainers infected with the delta variant, is straining the state’s hospital system.
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Breakthrough cases and hospitalizations aren’t cause for alarm, experts say
More vaccinated people are being hospitalized, but many have underlying health problems, and the overwhelming majority of COVID patients have not been vaccinated.