Customers can get self-administered tests at drive-through windows at some CVS locations as the state ramps up testing.
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Harvard Pilgrim foundation awards $900,000 in COVID-19 relief grants to Maine nonprofits
The grants support food access and meal delivery, services for older adults and immigrant families, social and community services, and emergency response.
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MaineHealth program helps jobless Mainers find health care and insurance
The health care system said it can connect patients with a range of options during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Maine Voices: We’ll pay more by not caring for people with serious mental illness
Low funding makes it harder for the writer’s loved one to access a program that’s saved him from a cycle of hospitalization and jail.
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Maine health centers awarded $4.7 million to expand COVID-19 testing
The federal funding will be distributed among 18 community health centers, according to U.S. Sens. Angus King and Susan Collins.
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Commentary: In COVID crisis, long-term care employees have been Maine’s everyday heroes
They’re on the front lines, providing life-sustaining care, and a national study has found many are now their household’s only breadwinner.
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Anthem pledges over $350,000 to COVID-19 relief efforts in Maine
Funding will help address food insecurity and coronavirus emergency response efforts in the state.
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Commentary: Essential workers keep Maine running during the pandemic. Government should keep us safe
If Sen. Collins is serious about supporting front-line workers in Maine, she’ll support a stimulus bill that includes real relief and protection for us.
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Health care services to resume, but some patients will need patience
The return of elective surgeries, colonoscopies, mammograms and other services will be gradual, and the pent-up demand will be enormous.
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Maine Voices: A doctor writes an informed prescription for coronavirus
Accept that we won’t see a cure or a return to normal life any time soon, says a physician who’s been caring for patients at Maine Med.